Box 8
Container
Contains 15 Collections and/or Records:
Inter-Theatre Arts, Inc. Program for "Shoot!" A New Satirical Comedy by Harry Wagstaff Gribble, 1922 June
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Object: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_1_8_7_0001
Scope and Contents
At the MacDowell Gallery, 108 West 55th Street, New York, NY, June 7-9, 1922. Helen Gahagan played the role of Margaret Wollaston.
Program for the Twenty-Eighth Annual Breakfast of the Chiropean Women's Club, 1924 February 21
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Object: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_1_8_7_0002
Scope and Contents
At the Hotel St. George, February 21st, 1924. Helen Gahagan gave an address titled "Ideals of the Stage". Contains handwritten notes on the back of the program.
Program for Arthur Pinero's "Trelawny of the 'Wells'" with a Sixteen Star Cast, 1927
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Object: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_1_8_7_0003
Scope and Contents
Direction of George C. Tyler. Spring 1927. Contains an insert detailing the company tour. Also contains a brief summary of Helen Gahagan's roles thus far, sheet music for the songs, signatures of the principal cast, and list of actors who held the roles in previous runs of the play. Helen Gahagan played the role of Rose Trelawny.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Season of 1929-1930 Program, 1929-1930
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Object: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_1_8_7_0004
Scope and Contents
Helen Gahagan Douglas' mother is listed on the Patroness Committee. Contains a program for the First American Concert given by Helen Gahagan, Dramatic Soprano and George Cehanovski, Baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on January 23, 1930. Also included are translations of the songs Gahagan and Cehanovski sing.
A New York Magazine Program for "Tonight or Never" at the Belasco Theatre, 1930
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Object: 5
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_1_8_7_0005
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44th Street, New York, NY, 1930. Contains several magazine articles on fashion and air travel and advertisements. Helen Gahagan starred as the Prima Donna.
An issue of The Playgoer and Program for “Tonight or Never” at the Curran Theatre, San Francisco, 1931
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Object: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_1_8_7_0006
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Contains a handwritten autograph addressed to Helen Gahagan across the title page of the program for "Tonight or Never". The handwriting reads "Dear Miss Gahagan, You are still my favorite American actress. Bless you, Leo Carrillo".
Notice for "Paolo and Francesca" by Stephan Phillips at the Guild Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1931 July 17
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Object: 7
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_1_8_7_0007
Scope and Contents
Rutherford E. Garbisch starred as Paolo and Helen Gahagan starred as Francesca. Dated Friday, July 17, 1931.
RKO Keith Palace Theatre, The Magazine of Vaudeville Issue, 1932 January
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Object: 8
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_1_8_7_0008
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Week of January 9th, 1932. Helen Gahagan is on the cover. The Palace Ensemble lists her act as "David Belasco's Beloved Star of 'Tonight or Never' Helen Gahagan in a Repertoire of Songs with Giuseppi Bamboscheck."
Program for a Gala Open Air performance of the opera "Aida" at the Polo Grounds, 155th Street and Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, 1932 June 24
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Object: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_1_8_7_0009
Scope and Contents
The performance was in aid of the unemployed girls of the Girls' Service League and to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Open Air Opera in New York. Helen Gahagan starred as Aida.
New York Magazine Program for "Moor Born" at the Playhouse, 48th Street, East of Broadway, New York, New York (Version 1), 1934
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Object: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_1_8_7_0010
Scope and Contents
Beginning April 3, 1934. Helen Gahagan stars as Emily Bronte. Contains a short bio of Helen Gahagan.