John K. McLaughlin collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains posters and lobby cards, movie, radio and television scripts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, promotional materials, and ephemera. Included are materials related to such stars as Abbott and Costello, Annette Funicello, Greer Garson and Charles Laughton. There is also a number of film stills and cast photographs from Mack Sennett productions.
In addition, there is a small collection of materials related to horror and crime fiction including typed manuscripts and correspondence. Represented are authors such as Robert Bloch and Ed Wood.
Graphic materials include over 400 movie posters (mainly B-movies), an early poster from a stage production of Uncle Tom's Cabin, measuring 7 1/2 x 13 1/2 feet, and early Flea Circus wall panels.
***Due to possible copyright restrictions, Special Collections will not honor requests for copies/scans of significant portions of movie/radio/television scripts or literary manuscripts in the John K. McLaughlin Collection. Binghamton University Libraries cannot offer a legal opinion about copyright or copyright holders.
Dates
- Creation: 1900 - 2000
Creator
- McLaughlin, John K. (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
PLEASE NOTE : Due to possible copyright restrictions, Special Collections will not honor requests for copies/scans of significant portions of movie/radio/television scripts or literary manuscripts in the John K. McLaughlin Collection. Binghamton University Libraries cannot offer a legal opinion about copyright or copyright holders.
Biographical Note
John K. McLaughlin was a graduate of Union-Endicott High School. He founded The Book Sail in Orange, California, which specialized in Americana, and movie memorabilia and ephemera.
Jimmy Starr Materials
Jimmy Starr (3 February 1904 – August 13, 1990) was an American screenwriter and columnist. Starr worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood during the 1930s. From the 1940s he worked as a film writer and columnist, providing reviews and insights into the film world, and made occasional appearances in cameo roles in film. His novel The Corpse Came C.O.D. was made into a 1947 film. After his retirement he moved to Phoenix, AZ where he died in 1990.
Jimmy Starr materials were scattered throughout when the collection was received. Attempts were made to pull his materials out as a series (see Boxes 48-50A), however some miscellaneous materials marked with his name may be found elsewhere within the collection.
Extent
77 Linear Feet : Oversize and flat materials stored separately.
Language of Materials
English
Overview
The John K. McLaughlin collection contains materials relating to the history of film, television and radio. These materials include scripts, posters, lobby cards, photographs, star contracts, and correspondence. In addition, there is a small collection of materials relating to horror, science fiction, and crime fiction.
Arrangement of Materials
Materials are arranged by format.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the estate of John K. McLaughlin, 2011.
Genre / Form
- Actors -- Photographs
- Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
- Contracts (documents)
- Crime fiction
- Fiction
- Film serials
- Greeting cards (correspondence)
- Horror film
- Invitations (documents)
- Lobby cards (cinema advertising posters)
- Photographs
- Science-fiction film
- Screenplays
- Television scripts
Topical
- Actors
- Actors -- United States
- Actresses
- B films
- Flea circuses
- Motion Pictures -- United States -- History
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Motion pictures
- Mystery and detective stories
- Performing arts
- Posters
- Radio
- Radio actors and actresses
- Radio programs
- Radio scripts
- Science fiction
- Television
- Television -- History
- Television actors and actresses
- Television programs
- Western films
- Western television programs
- Title
- Guide to the John K. McLaughlin collection
- Author
- Jean Green, Nicholas Tai, Mary Tuttle
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections Repository