Withers, Grant, 1926-1930

File — Box: 208

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection is comprised of photographs that were used in Quigley Publications, active under various titles since 1915 in motion picture industry trade publishing (Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, and others). It is primarily an assemblage of publicity photographs that feature individuals associated with the motion picture industry: producers, directors, animators, and their colleagues. Actors and actresses figure less prominently, but are also represented among the approximately 55,000 black-and-white photographs and 3,500 negatives ranging in date from about 1906 to 1972. The collection also includes a smaller number of photographs devoted to motion picture studios, theaters, and equipment.

Dates

1926-1930

Conditions Governing Access

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 109.5 Cubic Feet (219 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Since Loretta Young and Grant Withers successfully solved the marital difficulties which beset them in real life, they were adjudged competant players for "The Second Floor Mystery", a forthcoming Warner Bros. Vitaphone production. The most romantic couple in Hollywood are taken for a ride! Here are Loretta Young and Grat Withers being literally, lifted off their feet. But they don't seem to mind because they've just completed work in "The Second Floor Mystery", Warner Bros. Vitaphone thriller - and they know it's good. Grant Withers and his mother. No sooner had Grant Withers completed work opposite Dolores Castello in MADONNA OF AVENUE A than Warner Bros. cast him for the masculine lead in another Vitaphone production, THE TIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL. Grant Withers playing the juvenile "heavy" in support of Alberta Vaughn in "Fighting Hearts". FBO Grant Withers, Warner Bros. popular leading man, will have a talking and singing role in SO LONG LETTY, recently directed by Lloyd Bacon as a Vitaphone special.