03874cpcaa2200709 a 4500 mm2004085114 DLC 20260227111730.0 cr ||||||||||| 040727|||||||||||| eng mm2004085114 DLC DLC dacs DLC L lcmd Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin papers, 1921-1993 (bulk 1940-1959). 5,900 items. 19 containers. 7.6 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, attached newspaper clippings and printed ephemera, and miscellaneous personal files. Correspondence relates to the American theater and film industry; symbolism and characterizations in A Matter of Gravity: A Comedy in Three Acts and The Chalk Garden; Gordon's collection of haute couture designed for her by Mainbocher (Main R. Bocher); film personalities including Judy Holliday and Spencer Tracy; production of films such as It Should Happen to You, The Actress, and The Marrying Kind; and London theater during World War II. Correspondents include Enid Bagnold, Cecil Beaton, Hugh Beaumont, Maurice Chevalier, Harry Cohn, George Cukor, Dame Edith Evans, Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Mainbocher, Laurence Olivier, and Dore Schary. Dictaphone record transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Ruth Gordon, author and actress, and her husband, Garson Kanin, actor, author, director, and producer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009204 Bagnold, Enid Correspondence. Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980 Correspondence. Beaumont, Hugh, 1909-1982 Correspondence. Chevalier, Maurice, 1888-1972 Correspondence. Cohn, Harry, 1891-1958 Correspondence. Cukor, George, 1899-1983 Correspondence. Evans, Edith, Dame, 1888-1976 Correspondence. Guthrie, Tyrone, Sir, 1900-1971 Correspondence. Holliday, Judy. Mainbocher, 1891-1976 Correspondence. Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 Correspondence. Schary, Dore Correspondence. Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967. Fashion United States. Motion picture actors and actresses. Motion picture industry United States. Symbolism. Theater England London. Theater United States. World War, 1939-1945 Theater and the war. Actors. itoamc Authors. itoamc Motion picture directors. itoamc Motion picture producers. itoamc Theatrical directors. itoamc Theatrical producers. itoamc Bagnold, Enid. Matter of gravity : a comedy in three acts. 1978. Bagnold, Enid. Chalk garden. 1956. Gordon, Ruth, 1896-1985. Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin papers. 1921-1993. Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999. Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin papers. 1921-1993. Columbia Pictures Corporation. It should happen to you. 1954. Columbia Pictures Corporation. Marrying kind. 1952. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Actress. 1952. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009204 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009204.3 44693 44693