Correspondence, 1926-1981
- Containers:
- Box 1
- Scope and content:
Arranged chronologically, these materials consist of letters to and from Cinema Corporation of American Vice-President Alan Martin on such topics as the popularity and impact of showings of "The King of Kings" in the United States and abroad, purchase of prints of "The King of Kings" to be shown to church groups, and the distribution of the film to African nations, India, and Pakistan. Some of the letters are from Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Cecil B. DeMille. In addition, there is a body of correspondence between Jacqueline Logan and Alan Martin that cover such topics as Logan's request for screenings of "The King of Kings" to actress friends, translations and television broadcasts of the film, and the dissolution of the Cinema Corporation of America in the early 1970s. Logan was the former actress who played "Mary Magdalene" in the original 1927 "The King of Kings" motion picture, and who became the Cinema Corporation of America's film agent in later years.
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