George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Silent film and early Hollywood ephemera collection
C0337
/repositories/2/resources/662
.25 Linear Feet
1 box
1915 - 1939
Content warning: Racist language, content, and imagery.
Pamphlets, booklets, and programs promoting silent and early Hollywood films, created 1915 - 1939.
R 72, C 3, S 4
English
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
Silent film and early Hollywood ephemera collection, C0337, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
The donor is unknown.
Processing Information
Processing and finding aid completed by Amanda Menjivar in January 2023.
Historical Information
The silent film era lasted from 1910 - 1927 and was marked by the advent of narrative motion pictures. By the 1920s, the motion picture industry was fully formed, with "movie stars" and studios becoming household names. The incorporation of sound into film, also known as "talkies," occurred in 1927, setting the path for future cinema.
Fine Arts Film Company, also known as Triangle Fine Arts, was a film production company owned by D.W. Griffith, Thomas H. Ince, and Mack Sennett. The company was split into thirds and run by each individual, with Triangle Fine Arts run by Griffith. The studio produced dozens of films during its existence. Griffith was the director of
The Birth of a Nation, a racist, white supremacist film that greatly impacted the trajectory of filmmaking.
Scope and Content
Content warning: Racist language, content, and imagery.
Pamphlets, booklets, and programs promoting silent and early Hollywood films, created 1915 - 1939. The majority of the collection consists of promotional pamphlets which were used as programs for films shown at Cota Theatre (location unknown). There are also booklets and programs that were distributed by various production companies to promote their films, most notably Triangle Fine Arts, more widely known as Fine Arts Film Company.
Related Materials
The Special Collections Research Center holds other materials on motion pictures and filmmaking.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by title.
Bibliography
Cook, D. A. and Sklar, . Robert. "history of film." Encyclopedia Britannica, Invalid Date. https://www.britannica.com/art/history-of-the-motion-picture.
"Douglas Fairbanks at Triangle Motion Picture Company[.]" Obscure Hollywood. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://obscurehollywood.net/douglas-fairbanks-triangle-fine-arts.html.
Filmmaking (Motion pictures)
Silent films
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993
"The Birth of a Nation" program, Colonial Theatre, Chicago/repositories/2/archival_objects/165854191511Scope and ContentsContent Warning: Racist language and subject matter.
"Ghosts" pamphlet/repositories/2/archival_objects/165855191512"The Lily and the Rose" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165856September 21, 191613"Betty of Greystone" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165857October 11, 191614"Daphne and The Pirate" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165858October 21, 191615"Susan Rocks the Boat"/repositories/2/archival_objects/165859December 28, 191616"A Child of the Paris Streets" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165860January 20, 191717"Hoodoo Ann" pamphlets, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165861March 11, 191718Scope and ContentsTwo pamphlets.
"The Courage of Silence" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165862March 21, 191719"The Deserter" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165863March 25, 1917110"The Little School Ma'am" pamphlets, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165864April 1, 1917111Scope and ContentsTwo pamphlets.
"The Old Folks at Home" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165865April 8, 1917112"Atta Boy's Last Race" pamphlet/repositories/2/archival_objects/165866April 29, 1917113"The Children Pay" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165867May 20, 1917114"The Heart of a Hero" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165868June 22, 1917115"Cross Currents" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165869August 19, 1917116"The Price of Power" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165870September 18, 1918117"Broken Blossoms" booklet/repositories/2/archival_objects/1658711919118Scope and ContentsContent Warning: Racist language and yellowface imagery.
"Revelation" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165872April 4, 1919119"Way Down East" pamphlet, Star Theatre, Decorah, Iowa/repositories/2/archival_objects/1658731920120"Way Down East" booklet/repositories/2/archival_objects/1658741920121"Out of the Fog" pamphlets, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/165875June 19, 1920122"Camille" pamphlet, Cota Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/1658761921123"Romola" pamphlets and booklet, George M. Cohan Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/1658771924124Scope and ContentsTwo pamphlets and one booklet.
"The Scarlet Letter" pamphlet and booklet/repositories/2/archival_objects/1658781926125"The Great Ziegfeld" booklet/repositories/2/archival_objects/1658791936126"Yr Obedient Husband" booklet/repositories/2/archival_objects/165880circa 1938127"Gone With the Wind" booklet/repositories/2/archival_objects/1658811939128