Script coach and supervisor on numerous films from the 1930s through the 1960s; also went by Eylla Jacobus. Large and impressive archive consisting of primarily of unsigned and signed photos, as well as an original hand-notated working script, and a few ANSs. Most items are affixed to unbound scrapbook pages. In overall fine condition.
Collection includes a a group of gorgeous vintage photos, mostly 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, signed and inscribed to Jacobus by a variety of actors and directors, including Lew Cody, Ruth Lee, Purnell Pratt, Wallace Ford, Tom Poston, Robert Montgomery, Esther Williams, Dick Simmons, Hugh Boswell, Ruth Mack, Russell Mack, Russell Hardie, Bob Paige and Jacqueline Wells, Bill Elliott, Bobby Clack, Mervyn LeRoy and Sidney Franklin, Iris Meredith, Edith Fellows, and Ted Reed. Other signed items include ANSs from Gene Tierney, John Dehner, Barry Jones (2), Dore Schary, Edward Woehler, and Edward F. Mull.
The majority of the collection consists of over 500 unsigned candid on-set snapshots and contact sheet photos from many different films, including High Society, Gigi, National Velvet, Royal Wedding, Kim, Angels in the Outfield, Executive Suite, Blackboard Jungle, and The Yearling. Among the stars visible in some of these photos are Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Errol Flynn, Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Frank Capra.
Also included is Jacobus’s personal working script for the 1966 film The Ugly Dachsund, dated October 30, 1964, with hundreds of notations, additions, and corrections throughout. As a whole, this unique collection represents the life’s work of one of the many uncredited, behind-the-scenes people responsible for bringing a film from initial concept to silver screen. RR Auction COA.
