Mamoulian, Rouben. creator mixed material monographic eng arm rus 59,000 209 48 12 102 Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, scripts, production material, family papers, scrapbooks, printed matter, memorabilia and other papers relating to Mamoulian's career as a theatrical and film director and to his personal life. Includes files for film and theater productions spanning Mamoulian's entire career. Documents his Armenian heritage and contacts with other Armenians; interactions with individuals involved in the arts and entertainment of the twentieth century; innovations in sound, camera technique, and the use of color in film; participation in film festivals and retrospectives of his work; and association with the Directors Guild of America, Eastman School of Dance and Dramatic Action, Eastman School of Music, and Theatre Guild. Also documents the career of his mother, Virginie Mamoulian, as actress and director of the Armenian theater in Tiflis (T'bilisi, Georgia); his parent's activities in the Armenian community in California; the career of his wife and portrait artist, Azadia Mamoulian; and Mamoulian's interests including cats and pressed flowers. Individuals represented include Maxwell Anderson, Fred Astaire, Pearl Bailey, Richard Bennett, Cyd Charisse, Maurice Chevalier, Jan Clayton, Gary Cooper, Linda Darnell, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Alfred Drake, Todd Duncan, Irene Dunne, Nanette Fabray, Greta Garbo, George Gershwin, Georgette Harvey, June Havoc, Ben Hecht, William Holden, Miriam Hopkins, Paul Horgan, Elissa Landi, Alfred Lunt, Ida Lupino, Charles MacArthur, Jeannette MacDonald, Fredric March, Nazimova, Tyrone Power, John Raitt, Joan Roberts, Mickey Rooney, William Saroyan, Randolph Scott, Elizabeth Taylor, Gene Tierney, H.G. Wells, and Tennessee Williams. Open to research. Audiovisual material and motion picture stills transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Mamoulian's book collection transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Some photographs, photograph albums, posters, and other illustrated matter transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Theatrical and film director. Born 1897; died 1987. Collection material in English, with Armenian and Russian. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010225 Anderson, Maxwell 1888-1959 Astaire, Fred Bailey, Pearl Bennett, Richard 1873-1944 Charisse, Cyd Chevalier, Maurice 1888-1972 Clayton, Jan Cooper, Gary 1901-1961 Darnell, Linda 1921-1965 Davis, Bette 1908-1989 Dietrich, Marlene Drake, Alfred 1914-1992 Duncan, Todd Dunne, Irene 1898-1990 Fabray, Nanette Garbo, Greta 1905-1990 Gershwin, George 1898-1937 Harvey, Georgette Havoc, June Hecht, Ben 1894-1964 Holden, William 1918-1981 Hopkins, Miriam 1902-1972 Horgan, Paul 1903-1995 Landi, Elissa 1904-1948 Lunt, Alfred Lupino, Ida 1918-1995 MacArthur, Charles 1895-1956 MacDonald, Jeanette 1903-1965 Mamoulian, Azadia Mamoulian, Virginie March, Fredric 1897-1975 Nazimova 1879-1945 Power, Tyrone 1869-1931 Raitt, John 1917-2005 Roberts, Joan 1917-2012 Rooney, Mickey Saroyan, William 1908-1981 Scott, Randolph 1898-1987 Taylor, Elizabeth 1932-2011 Tierney, Gene Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866-1946 Williams, Tennessee 1911-1983 Directors Guild of America. Eastman School of Dance and Dramatic Action. Eastman School of Music. Theatre Guild. Armenian Americans Armenians Social life and customs Armenians California Armenians United States Arts Cats Colors in motion pictures Film festivals Flowers Collection and preservation Performing arts Motion picture cameras Motion picture industry Motion pictures Motion pictures Production and direction Portrait painting Sound in motion pictures Theater Theater Production and direction Theater Georgia (Republic) Tʻbilisi Motion picture directors Theatrical directors mm2003084949 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010225 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010225.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010225 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010225.3 Open to research. DLC 030107 20260227111729.0 mm2003084949