Summary Information
John Kobal Papers 1932-1985
Mss 1218; Audio 1369A
2.4 cubic feet (2 record center cartons and 1 archives box), 54 audio recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of John Kobal, a writer and
researcher in the field of film, television, and drama. The predominate part of the
collection are transcripts and audio recordings of interviews Kobal conducted for various
book projects. A small amount of correspondence and articles written by Kobal are included
along with movie scripts he collected. English
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Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by John Kobal in several accessions between 1978 and 1988. MCHC78-050,
MCHC78-084, MCHC79-081, MCHC80-036, MCHC80-089, MCHC83-009, MCHC83-016, M87-148,
M88-038, M88-008, M88-158
The Kobal papers were processed in February 2020 by Mary Huelsbeck and Haley Jensson.
Five accessions were incorporated into one and the collection was given the manuscript
number Mss 1218.
MCHC83-009 and MCHC83-016 both consisted of scripts which were all retained.
M88-008 and M88-038 consisted primarily of galley and page proofs of the books People Will Talk, The Art of
Hollywood, Gotta Sing Gotta Dance and Portrait Photographers. The combined quantity of these two
accessions was 4.0 cubic feet. The only paper materials retained from these two accessions
were correspondence, interview transcripts and some miscellaneous materials; the galleys
and page proofs were discarded.
M88-158 consisted of audio recordings and paper documents. The paper documents included
in M88-158 were retained and incorporated into the collection.
M88-038 consisted of one archives box containing a copy of the 1983 edition of the book
Gotta Sing Gotta Dance, a heavily edited copy of the 1971
edition of Gotta Sing Gotta Dance with parts of many pages
cut out, and a folder of book reviews along with a few pieces of correspondence and
interview transcripts for Arthur Freed and Madison Lacy, Lois Lindsey and Mabel Marsh. The
1983 edition was added to the WCFTR library, the heavily edited 1971 edition was
discarded, the transcripts and correspondence were added to existing folders, and a new
folder was created for the reviews.
The audiotapes in M88-008 and M88-158 were processed and digitized in late 2019 and early
2020 by Arik Kriha. The audio number for the collection is 1369A.
A program for the television series Hollywood: A Celebration of
the American Silent Film / by Thames Television was separated and put into the
WCFTR Item file (#A519/WCFTR).
Subject Terms
Motion picture playsInterviewsScripts (documents)Manuscript collectionSound recordingsPhotographs
Contents List
Mss 1218
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
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Folder
1
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1970-1979
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Box
1
Folder
2
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1980-1986
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Box
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Folder
3
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undated
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Legends book series, 1985-1986, undated
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Box
1
Folder
5
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People Will Talk, 1985-1986, undated
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Series: Interview transcripts
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Agutter, Jenny, undated
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Allen, Woody, undated
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Arletty, undated, 1985
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Astaire, Fred, undated
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Baclanova, Olga, undated
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Bankhead, Tallulah, undated
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Bergman, Ingrid, undated
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Blondell, Joan, undated
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Brent, Evelyn, undated
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Brooks, Louise, undated, 1965
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Coburn, Robert, undated
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Cole, Jack, undated
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Crawford, Joan, undated
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Box
1
Folder
19
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Dunne, Irene, undated
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Box
1
Folder
20
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Duprez, June, undated
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Engstead, John, undated, 1983
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Box
1
Folder
22
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Fontaine, Joan, undated,
1968-1985
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Box
1
Folder
23
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Freed, Arthur, 1970,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
24
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Gish, Dorothy, undated
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Box
1
Folder
25
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Godowsky, Dagmar, undated
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Box
1
Folder
26
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Guilaroff, Sidney, undated
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Box
1
Folder
27
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Hathaway, Henry, 1974
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Box
1
Folder
28
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Hawks, Howard, undated
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Box
1
Folder
29
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Hayworth, Rita, 1986-1987,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
30
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Hepburn, Katherine, 1969, undated
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Box
1
Folder
31
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Hopkins, Miriam, undated
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Box
1
Folder
32
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Hurrell, George, undated
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Box
1
Folder
33
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Krige, Alice, undated
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Box
1
Folder
34
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La Plante, Laura, undated
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Box
1
Folder
35
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Lacy, Madison, Lois Lindsey, and Mabel Marsh, 1971,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
36
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Loos, Anita, undated
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Box
1
Folder
37
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Louis, Jean, 1974
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Box
1
Folder
38
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Lupino, Ida, undated
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Box
1
Folder
39
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Milestone, Lewis, undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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Minnelli, Vincente, undated
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Box
1
Folder
41
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Moore, Colleen, undated
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Box
1
Folder
42
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Morrisey, Paul, undated, 1985
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Box
1
Folder
43
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Pan, Hermes, 1977
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Box
1
Folder
44
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Ray, Sheila, undated
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Box
1
Folder
45
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Rich, Irene, undated
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Box
1
Folder
46
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Stankwyk, Barbara, undated
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Box
1
Folder
47
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Seeger, Gwen, undated
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Box
1
Folder
48
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Stanley, Kim, undated, 1983
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Box
1
Folder
49
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Sten, Anna, undated
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Swanson, Gloria, undated,1966
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Box
2
Folder
2
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West, Mae, undated
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Willinger, Laszlo, undated
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Wood, Natalie, undated
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Young, Loretta, undated
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Box
2
Folder
6
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The Hollywood Pinup, 1983 April
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Series: Programs
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Box
2
Folder
7
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British Film Institute awards, 1987
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Box
2
Folder
8
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British Film Institute Cinema Song and Dance, undated
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Series: Scripts
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Blonde Venus, 1932 April 18
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Box
2
Folder
10
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The Buccaneer, 1938 January 4
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Box
2
Folder
11
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The Greatest Show on Earth, 1950 December 22
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Northwest Mounted Police, 1939 November 22
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Northwest Mounted Police, 1940 January 5
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Box
2
Folder
14
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The Plainsman, 1936 July 14
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Reap the Wild Wind, 1941 May 22
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Samson and Delilah, 1948 September 7
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Box
2
Folder
17
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The Ten Commandments, 1956 July 6
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Unconquered, 1946 April 25
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Series: Writings
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Box
3
Folder
2
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DeMille (Cecil B.) program notes, 1987
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Deborah Kerr: An Appreciation, 1986 August
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Miscellaneous, undated
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Reviews, 1983-1984
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Rock Hudson book review, 1986 August 14
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Whales of August, 1986 December 24
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Gotta Sing Gotta Dance: A Pictorial History of Film
Musicals, edits 1977 May 28
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Audio 1369A
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Series: Audio recordings
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Audio
1369A/35
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Allen, Woody undated
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Audio
1369A/8
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Baclanova, Olga undated
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Audio
1369A/13-14
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Bankhead, Tallulah undated
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Audio
1369A/9
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Blondell, Joan and Sylvia Sidney, Jack Cole 1965
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Audio
1369A/23
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Brent, Evelyn and Sheila Ray, Laura La Plante undated
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Audio
1369A/24
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Brent, Evelyn and Irene Rich undated
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Audio
1369A/38
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Brent, Evelyn undated
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Audio
1369A/6-7
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Brooks, Louise 1982 April
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Audio
1369A/8
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Brooks, Louise undated
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Audio
1369A/31
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Brooks, Louise and Jacqueline Logan, Enid Markey undated
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Audio
1369A/33
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Caine, Michael (on Albert Bridge) 1984 September
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Audio
1369A/9
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Cole, Jack 1965
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Audio
1369A/4
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Crawford, Joan undated
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Audio
1369A/5
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Crawford, Joan and Anita Loos, Dagmar Godowsky undated
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Audio
1369A/4
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Davis, Bette and Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford undated
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Audio
1369A/12
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de Haviland, Olivia undated
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Audio
1369A/45
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Dunne, Irene and Raquel Welch 1970, 1981
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Audio
1369A/26
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Duprez, June undated
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Audio
1369A/27
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Duprez, June undated
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Audio
1369A/35
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Fitzgerald, Geraldine and Woody Allen, Rock Hudson undated
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Audio
1369A/36
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Fitzgerald, Geraldine undated
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Audio
1369A/12
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Fontaine, Joan undated
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Audio
1369A/11
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Freed, Arthur undated
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Audio
1369A/32
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Gagover, Lil and George Marshall (regarding Rita Hayworth) undated
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Audio
1369A/36
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Gish, Dorothy undated
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Audio
1369A/50
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Gish, Dorothy undated
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Audio
1369A/5
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Godowsky, Dagmar undated
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Audio
1369A/30
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Hathaway, Henry (on Rita Hayworth and Hollywood) undated
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Audio
1369A/28
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Hawks, Howard and Diane Varsi undated
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Audio
1369A/15-19
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Hayworth, Rita undated
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Audio
1369A/12
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Head, Edith undated
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Audio
1369A/1
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Hepburn, Katharine undated
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Audio
1369A/25
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Hudson, Rock and Jean Louis undated
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Audio
1369A/35
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Hudson, Rock undated
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Audio
1369A/40
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Hutton, Betty and Lana Turner undated
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Audio
1369A/21
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Ibbetson, Peter undated
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Audio
1369A/12
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Ihnen, Wiard Bill undated
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Audio
1369A/23
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La Plante, Laura undated
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Audio
1369A/39
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Lacy, Madison (Berkeley Girls) 1971
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Audio
1369A/51
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Lacy, Madison (Berkeley Girls) undated
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Audio
1369A/11
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Lindsey, Louis and Arthur Freed undated
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Audio
1369A/39
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Lindsay, Lois 1971
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Audio
1369A/51
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Lindsay, Lois undated
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Audio
1369A/22
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Logan, Jacqueline undated
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Audio
1369A/31
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Logan, Jacqueline undated
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Audio
1369A/5
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Loos, Anita undated
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Audio
1369A/25
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Louis, Jean undated
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Audio
1369A/21
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Lupino, Ida and Peter Ibbetson undated
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Audio
1369A/22
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McAvoy, May undated
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Audio
1369A/26
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McCrea, Joel and June Duprez undated
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Audio
1369A/52
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MacLaine, Shirley and MGM promotional tape for Ask Any Girl undated
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Audio
1369A/29
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Mankiewicz, Joseph L. undated
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Audio
1369A/12
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Markey, Enid and Olivia de Haviland, Joan Fontaine, Edith Head, Wiard "Bill"
Ihnen undated
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Audio
1369A/31
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Markey, Enid undated
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Audio
1369A/39
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Marsh, Mabel and Lois Lindsay, Madison Lacy (Berkeley Girls) 1971
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Audio
1369A/51
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Marsh, Mabel and Lois Lindsay, Madison Lacy (Berkeley Girls) undated
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Audio
1369A/32
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Marshall, George (regarding Rita Hayworth) undated
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Audio
1369A/37
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Milestone, Lewis and Richard Moore and cameraman on Myra
Breckinridge undated
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Audio
1369A/44
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Minelli, Vincente undated
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Audio
1369A/41
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Mirren, Helen undated
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Audio
1369A/37
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Moore, Richard and cameraman on Myra Breckinridge undated
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Audio
1369A/8
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Myers, Carmel and Olga Baclanova, Louise Brooks undated
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Audio
1369A/36
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Prentiss, Paula and Dorothy Gish, Geraldine Fitzgerald undated
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Audio
1369A/10
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Ray, Sheila undated
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Audio
1369A/23
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Ray, Sheila undated
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Audio
1369A/24
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Rich, Irene undated
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Audio
1369A/10
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Seeger, Gwen and Sheila Ray undated
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Audio
1369A/9
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Sidney, Sylvia 1965
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Audio
1369A/34
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Sondergaard, Gale and Teresa Wright undated
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Audio
1369A/46-49
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Sondergaard, Gale undated
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Audio
1369A/42-43
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Stanley, Kim undated
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Audio
1369A/4
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Stanwyck, Barbara undated
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Audio
1369A/20
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Swanson, Gloria undated
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Audio
1369A/22
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Swanson, Gloria and Jacqueline Logan, May McAvoy undated
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Audio
1369A/40
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Turner, Lana undated
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Audio
1369A/28
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Varsi, Diane undated
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Audio
1369A/45
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Welch, Raquel 1981
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Audio
1369A/34
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Wright, Teresa undated
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Audio
1369A/2-3
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Young, Loretta undated
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Audio
1369A/54
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Kobal lecture on German entertainment films of the 1930s, undated
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Audio
1369A/53
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Soundtrack for Dass Leben Kann So Schon Sein, undated
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