Manuscripts

Various artifacts

Description: Contains one fan; one hat; one directional sign; one class ring; a medal awarded by Paul Perigord to William Humphrey Fairchild for outstanding artistic ability; Gilmor Brown's nameplate; a metal fixture noting how many times a bell would be rung before performances; another metal fixture, dedicated to actor Victor Jory; and a button.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: Approximately 1930-1980, undated
Call number: mssPlayhouse
Creator: Pasadena Playhouse(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Pasadena Playhouse Alumni and Associates,; Additional gifts have been supplemented by former affiliates of the Playhouse over the years.

Various oversized items

Manuscripts

Contains awards and honors, 1951-1959; floor plans, undated and by unidentified architect; a broadside of Shakespeare and Shakespeare-related images, inscribed to Gilmor Brown by Mrs. H.D. Bentley, 1936, in appreciation of the Midsummer Drama Festival; one painting of Gilmor Brown in a kilt, undated, and one cartoon by Ernest Hix and Doug Hayes, 1948, celebrating Gilmor Brown. Also includes a 17th-century theater prop given to Gilmor Brown by Gareth Hughes: Indenture, used as Shylock's bond, 1687, accompanied by a label stating that this was stage property used in many productions of "The Merchant of Venice." Additionally, contains two copies of a banner advertising Pasadena Playhouse and its College of Theatre Arts, 1959; and portraits, including a photograph of Gilmor Brown's father, a photograph of Percy MacKaye inscribed to Brown, a photo depicting Bob Hope and Bing Crosby with a Pasadena Playhouse student, and photos of Elton Howard's portraits of Brown, Shanewise, Freud, and Wells, approximately 1925.

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Photographs and artifacts

Manuscripts

Contains photographs, mostly later prints, of Gilmor Brown with others, in portraits, and in various roles Also includes two photographs from Brown's casting file. Also includes framed autograph of Francesca Janaushek, 1889, presented to Brown by actor Daniel Reed; buttons, tie clip, and shell (7 pieces); wallet and checkbook; Gilmor Brown Memorial plaque; and two sets of Crane's engraved bookplates, 50 plates each, with Brown's name on them.

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Awards and other

Manuscripts

Contains a Pan American Grace Airways certificate awarded to Gilmor Brown granting him admission into the "Empyrean Realm of Jupiter Rex" for crossing the equator, 1937; an invitation to Brown for the Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days Fiesta, 1949; two copies of the Governor Earl Warren trophy for Superior Merit in the Nineteenth Annual Pasadena Playhouse Association One-Act Play Tournament ... March 1952, and early clippings related to Pasadena Playhouse, 1940s.

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Various performance and other photographs

Manuscripts

Contains loose undated performance photographs by Jerome Robinson for productions including: Broken dishes (three photos); Take it from the Angels and River Boy (two photos each); and A Yankee Fable, Oh! Susanna, Dr. Knock, A Servant in the House, Twin Beds, The Unmarried Hat, What Happened to Jones?, I Have Been Here Before, and The Patsy (one photo each). Also contains photographs by Jerry Eaton (Arms and the Man, one photo, plus unidentified photos) and two photos by Peter Pipe, one unidentified and one, from Autumn Crocus, inscribed to Gilmor Brown, "with best wishes for the Playbox," signed by Piper (1938). Also contains one drawing of an unidentified actor; portraits of groups and students; two undated photographs of a Mainstage play, Remains to Be Seen (undated); one undated photograph of an event, possibly a Festival breakfast; and 12 undated photos from unidentified performances, taken by unidentified photographer(s).

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Negatives: Various people and events

Manuscripts

Folders 1-5 contain negatives of photographs depicting Gilmor Brown and Charlie Prickett; Lenore Shanewise; various people in groups, from Fairfax Walkup files; and portraits of unidentified people. Folders 6-9 depict special events and festivities including a Pasadena Playhouse brunch; a buffet dinner on the set of What Every Woman Knows (1931); and unidentified special events, including possibly a Midsummer Drama Festival breakfast (undated).

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Various photographs, posters, and programs

Manuscripts

Contains enlargements of performance photographs from the set previously known as photCL 327 or Album 327; depictions of Gilmor Brown in character for unidentified play; and a scene from Trelawny of the Halwels, 1920. Also includes programs from Pasadena Community Playhouse and Playbox productions; a hand-drawn poster for When Knighthood was in Flower, 1932, by Corliss McGee; posters for the Gin Game, Charley's Aunt, and El Grande de Coca Cola; and four blueprints of the set design for a Mainstage production of Picnic, 1955.

mssPlayhouse

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