Theresa Helburn Theater Photography

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American playwright and theatrical producer Theresa Helburn (1887-1959) was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College class of 1908. Helburn had a long and distinguished career on Broadway and was a co-founder and producer of the New York Theatre Guild from 1919 to the 1950s. This collection includes over 1100 photographs related to Helburn's work on behalf of the Theatre Guild. Due to copyright restrictions, some images are restricted to the TriCollege community.

Collection Guide for the Theresa Helburn Collection
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Publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney
Title:
Publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney
Description:
A head-and-shoulders publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney (right profile). Sidney played the role of Lola Hobbs in the Theatre Guild's 1937 production of Ben Hecht's To Quito And Back at the Guild Theatre.
Date:
1937
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney
Title:
Publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney
Description:
A head-and-shoulders publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney (seated). Sidney played the role of Lola Hobbs in the Theatre Guild's 1937 production of Ben Hecht's To Quito And Back at the Guild Theatre.
Date:
1937
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney
Title:
Publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney
Description:
A three-quarter length publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney (right profile). Sidney played the role of Lola Hobbs in the Theatre Guild's 1937 production of Ben Hecht's To Quito And Back at the Guild Theatre.
Date:
1937
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney
Title:
Publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney
Description:
A full-length publicity portrait of Sylvia Sidney (in striped gown). Sidney played the role of Lola Hobbs in the Theatre Guild's 1937 production of Ben Hecht's To Quito And Back at the Guild Theatre.
Date:
1937
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Stella Adler
Title:
Publicity portrait of Stella Adler
Description:
A head-and-shoulders publicity portrait of Stella Adler, who played the role of Zinida in the 1946 revival production of Leonid Andreyev's He Who Gets Slapped at the Booth Theatre.
Date:
1946
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Stella Adler
Title:
Publicity portrait of Stella Adler
Description:
A head-and-shoulders publicity portrait of Stella Adler, who played the role of Zinida in the 1946 revival production of Leonid Andreyev's He Who Gets Slapped at the Booth Theatre.
Date:
1946
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Ruth Gilbert
Title:
Publicity portrait of Ruth Gilbert
Description:
A head-and-shoulders publicity portrait of Ruth Gilbert, who played the role of Pearl in the original 1946-1947 production of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh at the Martin Beck Theatre.
Date:
1946 - 1947
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Margallo Gillmore
Title:
Publicity portrait of Margallo Gillmore
Description:
A publicity portrait of a seated Margallo Gillmore. Gillmore appeared in at least nine of the Theatre Guild's productions in the 1920s and 1930s.
Date:
1922 - 1935
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Isabel Jeans for make way for Lucia
Title:
Publicity portrait of Isabel Jeans for make way for Lucia
Description:
A half-length publicity portrait of Isabel Jeans, who appeared in the short-lived Theatre Guild production of John Van Druten's Make Way for Lucia, which opened in December 1948 at the Cort Theatre.
Date:
1948 - 1949
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Isabel Jeans for make way for Lucia
Title:
Publicity portrait of Isabel Jeans for make way for Lucia
Description:
A head-and-shoulders publicity portrait of Isabel Jeans, who appeared in the short-lived Theatre Guild production of John Van Druten's Make Way for Lucia, which opened in December 1948 at the Cort Theatre.
Date:
1948 - 1949
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Isabel Jeans for make way for Lucia
Title:
Publicity portrait of Isabel Jeans for make way for Lucia
Description:
A full-length publicity portrait of Isabel Jeans, who appeared in the short-lived Theatre Guild production of John Van Druten's Make Way for Lucia, which opened in December 1948 at the Cort Theatre.
Date:
1948 - 1949
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Bambi Linn, with sconce
Title:
Publicity portrait of Bambi Linn, with sconce
Description:
A publicity portrait of a very young Bambi Linn, who danced in the original Broadway production of Rodgers' and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, with a candlelit sconce in the background.
Date:
(approximate)1940
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Bambi Linn, likely for Oklahoma!
Title:
Publicity portrait of Bambi Linn, likely for Oklahoma!
Description:
A full-length publicity portrait of dancer Bambi Linn, who created the role of Aggie in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma!
Date:
(approximate)1940
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Lenore Lonergan, likely for the Philadelphia story
Title:
Publicity portrait of Lenore Lonergan, likely for the Philadelphia story
Description:
A head-and-shoulders publicity portrait of eleven-year-old Lenore Lonergan, who played Dinah Lord in the original Broadway production of The Philadelphia Story at the Shubert Theatre.
Date:
(approximate)1950
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Lenore Lonergan, likely for the Philadelphia story
Title:
Publicity portrait of Lenore Lonergan, likely for the Philadelphia story
Description:
A half-length publicity portrait of eleven-year-old Lenore Lonergan, who played Dinah Lord in the original Broadway production of The Philadelphia Story at the Shubert Theatre.
Date:
(approximate)1940
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Elisabeth Fraser for the Russian people
Title:
Publicity portrait of Elisabeth Fraser for the Russian people
Description:
A head-and-shoulders publicity portrait of Elisabeth Fraser, who performed in Konstantin Simonov's The Russian People at the Guild Theatre in 1942-1943. The English acting version of this play was authored by Clifford Odets.
Date:
(approximate)1945
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Winifred Gail, head and shoulders
Title:
Publicity portrait of Winifred Gail, head and shoulders
Description:
A head-and-shoulders Hollywood publicity portrait of Winifred Gail, whose association with the Theatre Guild is unidentified.
Date:
(approximate)1930
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Winifred Gail, head and upper torso
Title:
Publicity portrait of Winifred Gail, head and upper torso
Description:
A Hollywood publicity portrait of Winifred Gail, with arms crossed. Gail's association with the Theatre Guild is unidentified.
Date:
(approximate)1940
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of unidentified woman in striped dress
Title:
Publicity portrait of unidentified woman in striped dress
Description:
A publicity portrait of an unidentified woman, whose association with the Theatre Guild is unidentified.
Date:
(approximate)1940
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography
Publicity portrait of Tom Helmore, probably for you never can tell
Title:
Publicity portrait of Tom Helmore, probably for you never can tell
Description:
A head-and-shoulders publicity portrait of Tom Helmore, who appeared in the 1948 Theatre Guild production of You Never Can Tell at the Martin Beck Theatre.
Date:
1948
Collection:
Theresa Helburn Theater Photography

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