Johns Hopkins University
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Johns Hopkins University Paul Robeson collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0674
Abstract
Born on April 9, 1898, in Princeton, New Jersey, Paul Robeson went on to become a stellar athlete, civil rights activist, and an immensely popular singer and actor, known for his stage and film performances in The Emperor Jones and Show Boat. The collection contains ephemera documenting Robeson's career from 1924 to 1973, including: programs, souvenir books on his life story, magazines, playbills, photographs (black-and-white movie stills),...
Dates:
1924-1978
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University Robert Pirosh collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0747
Abstract
Robert Pirosh (1910-1989) was an American film and television screenwriter, director, and producer. The holding contains materials relating to, owned, or created by Robert Pirosh. The collection is composed of primarily leather bound typewritten screenplays, which were Pirosh's presentation volumes of his scripts from movie productions he was involved in. The rest of the collection includes film stills, candid photographs, photographic negatives, and a press book relating to his films. The...
Dates:
1937 - 1967
Found in:
Special Collections
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- A gathering of eagles (Motion picture) 1
- African American actors 1
- African American singers 1
- Battleground (Motion picture : 1949) 1
- Day at the races (Motion picture) 1
- I married a witch (Motion picture) 1
- Man about town (Motion picture : 1947) 1
- Motion picture plays, American 1
- Motion pictures 1
- Motion pictures, American 1
- Rings on her fingers (Motion picture : 1942) 1
- Spring reunion (Motion picture : 1957) 1
- The girl rush (Motion picture) 1
- The night of January 16th (Motion picture : 1941) 1
- The quarterback (Motion picture : 1940) 1
- Theater 1
- United States 1
- Up in arms (Motion picture) 1
- What's so bad about feeling good? (Motion picture : 1968) 1
- ephemera (general object genre) 1
- film stills 1
- invitations 1
- negatives (photographs) 1
- phonograph records 1
- playbills 1
- posters 1
- press books (private press books) 1
- programs (documents) 1
- screenplays 1
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