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Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon collection, 1920-1991

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Photographs (continued)
Cabaret, photograph, 9x12, color, 1
Fosse directing Minnelli - the camera is behind Fosse, he's gesturing with his hands, Munich set
Photograph, 9x14, black and white
Liza Minnelli, in still from another film, perhaps "...Junie Moon;" casting file shot?
Damn Yankees (stage), photographs, various formats, black and white, 5
Life Magazine photographer: damaged print, Bob Fosse rehearsing cast (he's striding with head in hands) (1, 9 x 13 1/2); Sun-Times, Leo Friedman: different scenes of Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston (2, 10x13); Leo Friedman: different shots marked "Yankees in New Haven tryout. This piece was cut and replaced by Who's Got The Pain," Gwen Verdon with gorilla in one shot, dancing with group in the other (2, 9x13 and 10 1/2 x 13 1/2); Leo Friedman: different shots of Stephen Douglass and Gwen Verdon in Lola number (2, 10x13)
Damn Yankees (stage), photographs, 10x12, black and white, 1
Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon, group at the Tony Awards
Damn Yankees, photograph, 8x13, black and white 1
Retouched "Lola" Verdon portrait, used for publicity
Dancin', photographs, 11x14, black and white, 4
By Lene Costello; 2 shots, and duplicates of each of Dancin' cast, informal
Give A Girl A Break, lobby card, 11x14, color, 1
Lobby card: Bob Fosse, Gower Champion, and Debbie Reynolds
Pippin, photograph, 11x14, black and white, 1
Full length photo of Leland Palmer
New Girl In Town, photographs, 10 x 13 1/2 to 11x14, black and white, 18
By Friedman-Abeles; series of publicity shots for New Girl: Gwen Verdon and George Wallace on the docks of NYC, including Gwen Verdon cooking, Gwen Verdon with longshoremen in bar, Gwen Verdon dancing on the docks, etc.
Sweet Charity (stage), photographs, 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 to 11x12, black and white, 4
By Al Stewart; stills from several different scenes, each featuring Gwen Verdon (very chiaroscuro), and one enlargement of still
Photographs, 9x13, black and white, 2
By Mark Kauffman (Life); photos of Gwen Verdon in dressing gown, seated, "After the show, 1966"
Photographs, 11x 14, black and white, 4
By Friedman-Abeles; 2 separate shots for production publicity, each with duplicate: a) Charity: twisted foot, hand on hip, finger in mouth; b) backwards glance, hand on hip (poster)
Sweet Charity (revival - Debbie Allen), photographs, 11x14, black and white, 2
By Robert Kalfus (NY Post); cast, Cy Coleman, Debbie Allen, Bob Fosse at piano, 1986; Debbie Allen, Bob Fosse, and Gwen Verdon, 1986
Award Certificates
BOX 86A Hamilton College, Honorary Doctorate, to Gwen Verdon
Film Daily, 1958, "Filmdom's Famous Fives," to Gwen Verdon
Newspaper Guild of New York, 1959 Page One Award to Gwen Verdon for Redhead
Interfest, 1990, award to Gwen Verdon
George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award, 1972, to Bob Fosse for Liza With A Z
8th International Film Festival of India, 1981, certificate of participation, for All That Jazz
CMA (Creative Management Associates) ad honoring Bob Fosse for his "Triple Crown"
Clippings
[Note: These items are crossed referenced with individual production files where applicable, and also with Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon personal files where applicable.]
BOX 86D Fragile magazines (complete), magazine pages, and newspaper clippings, bound to matte board, from:
  • Can-Can. 1953-54
  • Can-Can. Pages from single fragile scrapbook
  • Damn Yankees. Pages from single fragile scrapbook
  • Damn Yankees. 1955: magazines; 1974: clippings
  • Damn Yankees. 1955: clippings
  • Damn Yankees. 1955: clippings
  • Redhead, 1958-60
Bob Fosse
Fragile general magazines and clippings
  • Life Magazine. 2/23/59: Redhead (Gwen Verdon) cover (2 complete magazines
  • Variety. 5/11/55: "Baseball B.O. Poison," page one
  • Billboard, 5/14/55
  • New York News Magazine. 1/26/75, (Lenny) "Valerie Perrine: I'm No Grace Kelly," by Bob Lardine
Miscellaneous, Gwen Verdon
BOX 85D Thank you to Gwen Verdon from students (teaching workshop), on computer paper
BOX 57A - B Peter Gennaro/Gwen Verdon Benefit conductor's score from show medley
BOX 57G "Bubbles Was a Cheerleader" conductor's score

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