Jacques Kapralik papers, 1927-1962

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Kapralik, Jacques
Title
Jacques Kapralik papers
Dates
1927-1962 (inclusive)
Quantity
105.04 cubic ft. (111 boxes)
Collection Number
04064
Summary
The papers of Jacques Kapralik, a commercial artist and caricaturist whose art was used in the promotion of motion pictures.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Jacques Kapralik was born in Romania in 1906, and immigrated to the United States in 1936. He was a commercial artist and caricaturist whose art was used in the promotion of motion pictures. Kapralik's distinctive style involved the creation of miniature models from paper and balsa wood. The models were then photographed. These photographs were used as promotional posters for motion pictures, predominantly MGM films. They primarily appeared in trade magazines and press kits. He also created movie posters in the more traditional caricature format for other companies, such as Universal Pictures, and for motion picture advertisements in the Pictorial Review, a newspaper insert on motion pictures of the time. Kapralik also created advertisements for companies such as Nutrilite and S&W.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains framed originals of Kapralik's miniature models, mostly caricaturizing movie stills. The collection also includes photographs and print versions of the caricatures as they were used in advertising. Included are caricatures based on still photographs of dozens of movies, most released in the 1940s and 1950s. Also present are drawn caricatures of many celebrities of the time, and caricatures used in advertising such products as milk and canned vegetables. Numerous copies of the newspaper insert Pictorial Review are present, the covers of which all feature caricatures drawn by Kapralik. Some of his artwork created prior to moving to the United States is also contained in the collection, mostly featuring famous Germans or other Europeans. Some personal and professional files are also present, including correspondence and newspaper clippings. Collection also contains photographs of Jacques Kapralik, including photographs of him creating his models.

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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Jacques Kapralik at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Jack M. Mihalovich (cousin) between 1972-2003 and Andrea Gardner Apatow for the Allan Gardner Estate in 2022.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in December 2011 and updated by Emily Christopherson in May 2012 and Jamie Greene in May 2024.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Film industry, circa 1937-1960Return to Top

This series contains three sub-series: Artwork, Promotional MGM film posters, and 3-D caricature scenes (framed).

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Artwork
Artwork created by Kapralik for the film industry. Includes 3-D paper caricatures, caricature paper dolls, press books, and film posters and advertisements created for movie studios such as MGM, Universal, and 20th Century Fox. Also contains issues of Lion’s Roar magazine (MGM), the covers of which feature Kapralik’s artwork.
circa 1937-1955
Box
2
3-D paper caricatures - Charles Laughlin
 undated
2
3-D paper caricatures - circus ringmaster
 undated
2
3-D paper caricatures - Clark Gable
 undated
2
3-D paper caricatures - Donald Duck
 undated
2
3-D paper caricatures - Leslie Howard
 undated
2
3-D paper caricatures - Roland Young
 undated
2
3-D paper caricatures - unidentified
 undated
2
3-D paper caricatures - W.C. Fields
 undated
49
Caricature paper doll patterns
 undated
48
Caricature paper dolls
 undated
2
Caricature paper dolls - Cash On Delivery
undated
50
Caricature paper dolls - possibly used for title sequence in Woman Chases Man
1937
47
Caricature paper dolls - used for title sequence in Presenting Lily Mars
1943
40
Caricatures - Androcles and the Lion
undated
54
Diagrammatic plan of Executive Suite
undated
10
Film advertisement caricatures for Universal Pictures (print reproductions)
 1952-1955
27
Film advertisement drafts (original caricatures pre-colorization)
 undated
9
Film advertisements and title sequences for primarily MGM and 20th Century Fox films (print reproductions)
 undated
54
Film poster - Pageant of the Pacific
undated
54
Film poster (large) - Silk Stockings
undated
30
Kapralik portfolios - MGM film posters created by Kapralik
 undated
4
Lion's Roar magazine (MGM) with Kapralik covers
 circa 1942-1947
24
Press book - Three Musketeers - 20th Century Fox
 1939
31
Press books - MGM, Paramount, and Universal
 undated
10
Press preview program for Josette
1938
10
Press preview program for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938
31
Promotional material for Mecca and Aphrodite
undated
Sub-series 2. 3-D caricature scenes (framed)
Arranged alphabetically by film title. Contains framed originals of Kapralik’s miniature 3-D models, depicting scenes from various MGM films. Photographic prints were made of these models to use as promotional posters.
circa 1940-1960
Box
82
Africa Screams
111
African Queen
83
Anne of the Indies
66
Arch of Triumph
97
Babe Ruth Story
86
Battleground
91
Best Years of Our Lives
72
Black Rose
106
Brute Force
67
Centennial Summer
105
Circus of Horrors
68
Duel in the Sun
56
Easter Parade
68
Egg and I
62
Every Girl Should Be Married
103
Fair Wind to Java
65
Forever Amber
85
Girl with grocery cart and boy dressed as cowboy [Nutrilite?]
96
Greatest Show On Earth (signed by Cecil B. DeMille)
95
Happy Time
59
I Remember Mama
94
Island of Desire
92
Johnny Belinda
79
Killers
73
King Solomon's Mines
109
Knights of the Round Table
110
Lady Be Good
56
Lady In Ermine
61
Let's Dance
55
Life With Father
64
Mae West
72
Man watering flowers (Nutrilite magazine cover)
81
Melba
108
My Six Convicts
59
Naked City
70
Notorious
107
On the Riviera
63
Once More, My Darling
89
Our Very Own
90
Paradine Case
77
Quiet Man
75
Quo Vadis
66
Razor's Edge
80
Samson and Delilah
69
Saratoga Trunk
93
Snows of Kilimanjaro
84
Sorrowful Jones
100
Stork Club
101
Stork Club (2)
102
Story of Ruth
74
Streetcar Named Desire
98
Thrill of Brazil
88
Trigger, Jr.
99
Twelve O'Clock High
78
Unconquered
76
Under Capricorn
60
Unfinished Dance
71
W.C. Fields
58
Weekend at the Waldorf
104
Westward the Women
57
When Ladies Meet
87
Yearling
Sub-series 3. Promotional MGM film posters
Prints of Kapralik’s promotional posters (9.5” x 12.5”) made for MGM. These posters were mainly used in trade magazines and press books.
circa 1940-1960
Box
40
Miscellaneous
8
20 Mule Team
8
Adventure
8
Andy Hardy's Double Life
8
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
8
Babes On Broadway
8
Bad Man
8
Bataan
8
Best Foot Forward
8
Big Broadcast of 1938
8
Billy the Kid
8
Bitter Sweet
8
Boom Town
8
Broadway Melody of 1938
8
Cass Timberlane
8
Cheer Up America! Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
8
Chocolate Soldier
8
Clock
8
Come Live With Me
8
Comrade X
8
Conquest
8
Courtship of Andy Hardy
8
Crossroads
8
Day at the Races
8
Designing Woman
8
Don't Go Near the Water
8
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
8
Du Barry was a Lady
 1943
8
Easy to Wed
8
Emperor's Candlesticks
8
Escape
8
Fiesta
8
Firefly
8
For Me and My Gal
8
Forty Little Mothers
8
Girl Crazy
8
Good News
8
Green Dolphin Street
8
Her Highness and the Bellboy
8
Holiday In Mexico
8
Homecoming
8
Honky Tonk
8
Hucksters
8
Human Comedy
8
I Dood It
8
I Love You Again
8
I Married an Angel
8
It Happened in Brooklyn
8
Johnny Eager
8
Keep Your Powder Dry
8
Keeper of the Flame
8
Lady Be Good
8
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
8
Little Nellie Kelly
8
Love Crazy
8
Madame Curie
8
Mannequin
8
Marx Bros. Go West
8
Maytime
8
Men of Boys Town
8
Mortal Storm
8
Mrs. Miniver
8
New Faces of 1938
8
New Moon
8
No Leave, No Love
8
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
8
Panama Hattie
8
Parnell
8
Personal Property
8
Philadelphia Story
8
Presenting Lily Mars
8
Pride and Prejudice
8
Random Harvest
8
Rio Rita
8
Rosalie
8
Sailor Takes a Wife
8
Sally, Irene and Mary
8
Salute to the Marines
8
Ship Ahoy
8
Silk Stockings
8
Slightly Dangerous
8
Smilin' Through
8
Somewhere I'll Find You
8
Stand By For Action
8
Strike Up the Band
8
Susan and God
8
Teahouse of the August Moon
8
They Met In Bombay
8
Third Finger Left Hand
8
Thousands Cheer
8
Thrill of a Romance
8
Till the Clouds Roll By
8
Tortilla Flat
8
Two-Faced Woman
8
Undercurrent
8
Waterloo Bridge
8
We Were Dancing
8
When Ladies Meet
8
Whistling in Dixie
8
White Cargo
8
Without Love
8
Woman Chases Man
8
Woman of the Year
8
Yank at Eton

Series II. Pictorial Review, 1941, 1946-1960Return to Top

This series contains two sub-series: Artwork and prints and Newspaper inserts.

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Artwork and prints
Arranged alphabetically. Contains drafts and original color prints of the caricatures Kapralik created for the Pictorial Review. The Pictorial Review was inserted weekly into newspapers around the country, and included information and advertisements on motion pictures of the time.
circa 1941-1960
Box
25
Four-color process sheets (draft)
 undated
25
Glossy and laminated covers
 undated
25
Galley proofs
 undated
30
Kapralik portfolio - Pictorial Review covers
 undated
38-39
Original color prints
 undated
24
Pictorial Review advertisement
 undated
Sub-series 2. Newspaper inserts
Arranged chronologically. Contains the Pictorial Review newspaper inserts that were included in newspapers from all over the country. All of the inserts feature Kapralik’s caricatures on the cover, most of which represent films at the time.
1941, 1946-1960
Box
41
Bride Came C.O.D.,
 1941 April 6
41
Lady Be Good,
 1941 July 20
41
Rise and Shine,
 1941 November 23
41
Weekend at the Waldorf,
 1946 January 20
41
Stork Club,
 1946 February 17
41
Saratoga Trunk,
 1946 March 24
41
Centennial Summers,
 1946 March 12
41
Suspense,
 1946 July 7
41
Killers,
 1946 August 25
41
Notorious,
 1946 October 20
41
Thrill of Brazil,
 1946 November 10
41
Razor's Edge,
 1947 January 5
41
Yearling,
 1947 February 9
41
Best Years of Our Lives,
 1947 April 6
41
Egg and I,
 1947 May 4
41
Brute Force,
 1947 July 6
41
Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer,
 1947 July 27
41
Life With Father,
 1947 August 31
41
Forever Amber,
 1947 November 2
41
Unfinished Dance,
 1947 November 30
42
Unconquered,
 1948 January 4
42
Arch of Triumph,
 1948 February 8
42
Paradine Case,
 1948 April 4
42
Naked City,
 1948 April 25
42
I Remember Mama,
 1948 May 16
42
Easter Parade,
 1948 June 20
42
That Lady in Ermine,
 1948 August 1
42
Babe Ruth Story,
 1948 September 5
42
Johnny Belinda,
 1948 October 3
42
Joan of Arc,
 1948 November 14
42
Paleface,
 1948 December 12
42
Every Girl Should Be Married,
 1949 January 30
42
Africa Screams,
 1949 March 27
42
Little Women,
 1949 May 22
42
Sorrowful Jones,
 1949 June 26
42
Prince of Foxes,
 1949 August 7
42
Once More My Darling,
 1949 September 18
42
Under Capricorn,
 1949 October 30
42
Battleground,
 1949 November 27
42
Samson and Delilah,
 1949 December 11
42
Twelve O'Clock High,
 1950 January 15
42
Champagne For Caesar,
 1950 February 19
42
Francis,
 1950 March 19
42
Our Very Own,
 1950 May 14
42
Trigger Jr,
 1950 June 18
42
Men,
 1950 July 16
42
Black Rose,
 1950 August 20
42
Glass Menagerie,
 1950 September 3
42
Let's Dance,
 1950 October 8
42
King Solomon's Mine,
 1950 November 26
43
Harvey,
 1951 January 7
43
Cyrano de Bergerac,
 1951 March 11
43
Mating Season,
 1951 April 15
43
On the Riviera,
 1951 May 27
43
His Kind of Woman,
 1951 June 24
43
Showboat,
 1951 July 22
43
Place in the Sun,
 1951 August 19
43
Streetcar Named Desire,
 1951 October 7
43
Anne of the Indies,
 1951 November 11
43
Quo Vadis,
 1951 December 9
43
Westward the Women,
 1952 January 6
43
Weekend With Father,
 1952 January 20
43
Greatest Show on Earth,
 1952 March 23
43
African Queen,
 1952 April 6
43
My Six Convicts,
 1952 May 4
43
Island of Desire,
 1952 June 15
43
Scaramouche,
 1952 July 6
43
Quiet Man,
 1952 August 3
43
Happy Time,
 1952 September 7
43
Snows of Kilimanjaro,
 1952 October 5
43
Plymouth Adventure,
 1952 November 16
44
Bad and the Beautiful,
 1953 January 25
44
Bad and the Beautiful,
 1953 February 1
44
Fair Wind to Java,
 1953 February 22
44
Moulin-Rouge,
 1953 March 22
44
Salome,
 1953 April 12
44
Melba,
 1953 May 17
44
Our Miss Brooks - An Apple for Eve,
 1953 June 14
44
Return to Paradise,
 1953 June 28
44
Julius Caesar,
 1953 July 26
44
Robe,
 1953 August 30
44
Mogambo,
 1953 September 20
44
War of the Worlds,
 1953 October 18
44
Act of Love,
 1953 November 29
44
Knights of the Round Table,
 1953 December 27
44
French Line,
 1954 January 24
44
Jubilee Trail,
 1954 February 28
44
Executive Suite,
 1954 March 28
44
Prince Valiant,
 1954 April 25
44
Elephant Walk,
 1954 May 30
44
Caine Mutiny,
 1954 June 27
44
Demetrius and the Gladiator,
 1954 July 11
44
Star Is Born,
 1954 September 5
44
Egyptian,
 1954 October 10
44
White Christmas,
 1954 November 14
44
Deep In My Heart,
 1954 December 5
44
Vera Cruz,
 1955 January 9
44
Long Grey Line,
 1955 February 20
44
Man Called Peter,
 1955 March 27
44
Interrupted Melody,
 1955 April 24
44
Strategic Air Command,
 1955 May 29
44
Kentuckian,
 1955 June 26
44
Oklahoma,
 1955 July 31
44
Man From Laramie,
 1955 August 28
44
Tall Men,
 1955 September 25
44
To Hell and Back,
 1955 October 16
44
Guys and Dolls,
 1955 November 13
44
Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell,
 1955 December 11
45
Conqueror,
 1956 January 29
45
Picnic,
 1956 February 26
45
Carousel,
 1956 March 18
45
Alexander the Great,
 1956 April 22
45
Trapeze,
 1956 May 27
45
King and I,
 1956 June 24
45
Somebody Up There Likes Me,
 1956 July 29
45
Giant,
 1956 August 26
45
Ambassador's Daughter,
 1956 September 30
45
War and Peace,
 1956 October 21
45
Ten Commandments,
 1956 November 25
45
Westward Ho the Wagons,
 1956 December 16
45
Brave One,
 1957 January 27
45
Little Hut,
 1957 March 24
45
Spirit of St. Louis,
 1957 April 28
45
Sweet Smell of Success,
 1957 June 2
45
Love in the Afternoon,
 1957 July 7
45
Band of Angels,
 1957 August 11
45
Pal Joey,
 1957 October 20
45
Legend of the Lost,
 1957 December 8
45
Don't Go Near the Water,
 1957 December 15
45
Bonjour Tristesse,
 1958 February 16
45
Viking,
 1958 June 15
45
Key
 1958 June 22
45
Key
 1958 June 29
45
Big Country,
 1958 August 10
45
Man of the West,
 1958 September 28
45
7th Voyage of Sinbad,
 1958 November 30
46
Some Like It Hot,
 1959 March 15
46
Zane Grey Theatre, Dick Powell's,
 1959 April 19
46
Anatomy of a Murder,
 1959 June 7
46
Horse Soldiers,
 1959 June 14
46
John Paul Jones,
 1959 June 21
46
They Came To Cordura,
 1959 July 12
46
But Not For Me,
 1959 September 20
46
June Allyson So Vividly Up and About,
 1959 October 4
46
Four Men On a Horse - Laramie 12 Miles,
 1959 October 25
46
Wild Blue Yonder Beckons to Spaceman William Lundigan,
 1959 November 15
46
Arabian Nights,
 1959 November 29
46
Solomon and Sheba,
 1959 December 6
46
Goliath and the Barbarians,
 1960 January 3
46
Betty Hutton - East Side, West Side, All Around Town,
 1960 January 17
46
Goliath and the Barbarians,
 1960 January 31
46
Jack the Ripper,
 1960 February 7
46
Jack the Ripper,
 1960 February 14
46
Home From the Hill,
 1960 February 21
46
Henry Fonda, Allen Case - On Guard in the Old West,
 1960 February 28
46
Ann Southern - Flowery Tribute to Charm and Comedy,
 1960 March 13
46
Joseph N. Welch - A Mastermind of Mystery,
 1960 April 24
46
Circus of Horrors,
 1960 May 22
46
Circus of Horrors,
 1960 May 29
46
Story of Ruth,
 1960 June 5
46
Hercules Unchained,
 1960 June 26
46
Bells Are Ringing,
 1960 July 10
46
Where the Hot Wind Blows,
 1960 November 6

Series III. Caricatures, sketches, and other artwork, circa 1928-1957Return to Top

This series contains three sub-series: Los Angeles Examiner’s “Guess Who” contest caricatures, Caricatures of film stars and films, and Other artwork.

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Los Angeles Examiner’s “Guess Who” contest caricatures
Arranged alphabetically. Contains the original caricatures used in the Los Angeles Examiner’s “Guess Who” contest, where the public attempted to identify all the celebrities represented by the caricatures drawn by Kapralik. Contest notes and draft sketches of the caricatures are also present.
1950
Box
40
Newspaper announcement
 1950
11
Notes and sketches
 1950
11
Admiral Halsey
 1950
11
Alben Barkley
 1950
11
Albert Einstein
 1950
11
Alfred Hitchcock
 1950
11
Betty Grable
 1950
11
Betty Hutton
 1950
11
Bob Hope
 1950
11
Cary Grant
 1950
11
Celeste Holm
 1950
11
Charles Laughton
 1950
11
Connie Mack
 1950
11
Darryl F. Zanuck
 1950
11
Dean Acheson
 1950
11
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
 1950
11
Duke of Windsor
 1950
11
Eddie Cantor
 1950
11
Edward G. Robinson
 1950
11
Elsa Maxwell
 1950
11
Esther Williams
 1950
11
Fletcher Bowron
 1950
11
Fred MacMurray
 1950
11
General Marshall
 1950
11
George Bernard Shaw
 1950
11
Gregory Peck
 1950
11
Greta Garbo
 1950
11
Groucho Marx
 1950
11
Hedy Lamarr
 1950
11
Irving Berlin
 1950
11
J. Edgar Hoover
 1950
11
Jack Dempsey
 1950
11
James A. Farley
 1950
11
James Cagney
 1950
11
James Stewart
 1950
11
Jane Russell
 1950
11
Jane Wyman
 1950
11
Jeanne Crain
 1950
11
Jennifer Jones
 1950
11
Jimmy Durante
 1950
11
Joe DiMaggio
 1950
11
Joe Louis
 1950
11
Jose Iturbi
 1950
11
Leopold Stokowski
 1950
11
Lou Costello
 1950
11
Lucille Ball
 1950
11
Marlene Dietrich
 1950
11
Mickey Rooney
 1950
11
Myrna Loy
 1950
11
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
 1950
11
Red Skelton
 1950
11
Rise Stevens
 1950
11
Robert Taylor
 1950
11
Samuel Goldwyn
 1950
11
Shirley Temple
 1950
11
Sonja Henie
 1950
11
Sophie Tucker
 1950
11
Spencer Tracy
 1950
11
Van Johnson
 1950
11
William Powell
 1950
11
Winston Churchill
 1950
Sub-series 2. Caricatures of film stars and films
Arranged alphabetically first by individuals, then by film. Undated original caricatures of film stars and films.
undated
Box
33
Charles Laughton
33
Clark Gable
33
Claudette Colbert
33
Clive Brook
33
Conrad Veidt
33
Eddie Cantor
33
Edward G. Robinson
33
Fred Astaire
40
Gary Cooper
33
Greta Garbo
40
Herbert Marshall
33
Jack Dempsey
33
James Cagney
40
Jean Harlow
33
Jimmy Durante
33
Joan Crawford
33
Kay Francis
33
Marlene Dietrich
33
Paul Muni
33
W.C. Fields
40
Wallace Beery
33
William Powell
40
Children's Hour - Katherine Emery, Robert Keith, Florence McGee, and Anne Revere
40
First Lady - Lilly Cahill and Jane Cowl
40
May Wine - Nancy McCord, Walter Slezak, and Walter Wolf King
40
Moon Over Mulberry Street - William Edmunds, Valerie Bergere, Olga Bruce, and Gladys Shelley
40
Mulatto - Stuart Beebe, Hurst Amyx, Mercedes Gilbert, and Miriam Battista
40
Night of January 16 - Sarah Padden, William Blakewell, Doris Nolan, and Edmund Breese
40
One Good Year - Edward Woods, Hilda Spong, and Gertrude Flynn
40
Parnell - Margaret Rawlings, George Curzon, and Effie Shannon
40
Pride and Prejudice - Percy Waram, Adrianne Allen, Lucile Watson, and Colin Keith-Johnston
40
Squaring the Circle - Fraye Gilbert, David Morris, Eric Dressler, and Beatrice de Neergaard
40
Taming of the Shrew - Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
40
Three Men on a Horse - Shirley Booth, William Lynn, and Sam Levene
Sub-series 3. Other artwork
Arranged alphabetically. Contains advertising artwork Kapralik created for various companies, caricatures of Germans and other famous Europeans Kapralik created before moving to the United States, and many sketches drawn by Kapralik. The sketches represent drafts of many of Kapralik’s work, including his celebrity caricatures and sketches of his film posters. The sketches are unorganized.
circa 1928-1957
Box
31
Advertising work - advertising booklets
 undated
32
Advertising work - Borden's Evaporated Milk
 undated
32
Advertising work - Continental (German company)
 undated
32
Advertising work - Fibber McGee and Molly
 undated
33
Advertising work - general advertising work
 undated
5
Advertising work - Nutrilite - Christmas cards created by Kapralik
 undated
32-33
Advertising work - Nutrilite - Your Nutrilite Magazine covers
 1954-1957
32
Advertising work - Nutrilite
 undated
32
Advertising work - S&W
 undated
32
Advertising work - Squirt
 undated
32
Advertising work - Texaco
 undated
31
Book jackets designed by Kapralik
 undated
11
Caricatures of bank presidents for the 50th anniversary convention of the California Bankers Association
 1941
5
Cartoon pornography
 undated
11
Chalk drawing of woman's face
 undated
12
Christmas cards made by Kapralik
 undated
10
French program
 undated
13-14
German artwork - drawings for newspaper caricatures of famous Europeans (alphabetized by first letter of last name)
 circa 1930s
40
German artwork - Nazi / WWII caricatures
 undated
13
German artwork - newspaper clippings of Kapralik's caricatures in German newspapers
 circa 1930s
36
German artwork - newspapers featuring Kapralik's work
 circa 1928-1933
14
German artwork - publication with Kapralik illustrations
 1930
14
German artwork - scrapbook of German caricatures
 undated
9
Irving Hoffman caricatures
 undated
9
Miscellaneous
 undated
40
Miscellaneous
 undated
29
Miscellaneous caricatures (originals, copies, and prints)
 undated
11
New York skyline stencil and sketches
 undated
33-34
Portfolios of Kapralik's work
 undated
26-27
Sketches
 undated
35
Sketches
 undated
11
Sketches - cartoon donkey
 undated
11
Sketches - mostly unidentified
 undated
11
Sketches - palace ball
 undated
24
Wall calendars featuring Kapralik's artwork
 1949-1955

Series IV. Personal and professional files, circa 1927-1962Return to Top

Arranged alphabetically by file name. Contains personal files including correspondence, financial files, and membership and identification cards. Also contains professional files including publicity materials, correspondence with advertising agencies, royalty statements, and film scripts.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
6
Advertising agencies
 undated
5
Biographical information
 undated
14
Book - Von Deutscher Filmkunst
1943
5
Celebrity collector cards from the 1930s
 circa 1930s
5
Certificates
 1952-1957
6
Correspondence - Foote, Cone & Belding Advertising
 1951-1953
6
Correspondence - Irving Hoffman
 1938-1954
5
Correspondence - personal (German)
 1932
6
Correspondence - professional
 1943-1956
6
Earnings and royalties
 1938-1960
5
Federal employment - War Department - Office of Strategic Services
 1943-1945
5
Film credits/billings
 1953-1959
1
Kapralik's business cards
 undated
6
Kirkland Minerals annual report
 1959
5
Membership and identification cards
 undated
6
Memberships
 1953-1954
5
Obituary for Leo Kapralik (Italian)
 1939
29
Paramount Pictures film book
 1937-1938
5
Passports
 1927-1938
3
Publicity - magazines in which Kapralik's art appears, or in which he is mentioned
 1936-1962
27
Publicity - magazine layout on Kapralik and how he does his work
 undated
28
Publicity - newspaper clippings on or about Kapralik and how he does his work
 1940-1950
37
Publicity - newspapers featuring Kapralik or his artwork
 circa 1935-1946
5
Publicity and work
 undated
29
Scrapbook given the Kapralik by his friends after becoming a United States citizen
 1943
7
Scripts - German Scripts
 undated
7
Scripts - Limited Mail adapted by Darryl Zanuck (Warner Brothers)
 undated
7
Scripts - Miss Pepperdine by Everett Freeman
 undated
7
Scripts - Mr. Dillingham by Frank W. O'Neill
 undated
7
Scripts - Rue de la Paix by Jacques Kay and Irving Wallace
 undated
7
Scripts - Story of a Divorce - RKO Radio Pictures
 1950
7
Scripts - untitled
 undated
1
Supplies - art pens
 undated
1
Supplies - male urinal no. 10
 undated
1
Supplies - miniatures and miniature items
 undated
1
Supplies - shipping and mailing tags and labels
 undated
1
Supplies - Wonder Bar spears for hors d' oeuvres and beverages (includes miniature beverage bottles)
 undated
29
Supplies - Zip-A-Tone sheets
 undated

Series V. Photographs, circa 1939-1949, undatedReturn to Top

This series includes three sub-series: Kapralik and his work, Publicity shots of film stars, and Still photographs from motion pictures.

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Kapralik and his work
Arranged alphabetically. Includes photographs of Jacques Kapralik with his artwork and with people represented in his artwork . Also contains photographs of him creating his caricature models.
circa 1939-1949, undated
Box
10
Album - Kapralik, his work, and the people represented in his caricatures
 undated
51-52
Clips from various films (color acetate film negatives)
 undated
53
Clips from various films (nitrate film negatives)
 undated
9
Film sets
 undated
15
Jacques Kapralik
 undated
51
Jacques Kapralik (B&W acetate negatives)
 undated
15
Kapralik with his artwork
 undated
40
Kapralik with his artwork
 undated
51
Kapralik with his artwork (B&W acetate negatives)
 undated
15
Kapralik with other individuals
 undated
51
Kapralik with other individuals (B&W acetate negatives)
 undated
15
Kapralik working
 1949, undated
51
Kapralik working
 undated
51
Kapralik working (B&W acetate negatives)
 1949
51
Kapralik working (color acetate positives)
 undated
51
Kapralik's advertising work (B&W acetate negatives)
 undated
51
Kapralik's advertising work (color acetate positives)
 undated
51
Kapralik's film work (color acetate positives)
 undated
51
Kapralik's work (B&W acetate negatives)
 undated
51
Presenting Lily Mars title sequence (B&W acetate negatives)
 1943
53
Three Musketeers title sequence (nitrate negatives)
 1939
51
Tunnel of Love title sequence (B&W acetate negatives)
 undated
15
Unidentified
 undated
40
Unidentified child ballerina and ice skater
 undated
Sub-series 2. Publicity shots of film stars
Arranged alphabetically by name. Contains publicity and still photographs of film stars, most of whom Kapralik made caricatures of during his career.
undated
Box
16
Bud Abbott
16
Eve Arden
16
Ethel Barrymore
16
Annie Baxter
16
William Bendix
16
Jack Benny
16
Milton Berle
16
Joan Blondell
16
Charles Boyer
16
Joe E. Brown
16
Kitty Carlisle
16
John Carradine
16
Jeff Chandler
16
Chuck Connors
16
Gary Cooper
16
Ricardo Cortez
16
Lou Costello
16
Bing Crosby
16
Denise Darcel
16
Marion Davies
16
Bette Davis
16
Dennis Day
16
Olivia DeHavilland
16
Brian Donlevy
16
Irene Dunne
16
Jimmy Durante
16
Deanna Durbin
16
Duke Ellington
16
Ron Ely
16
Alice Faye
16
Gracie Fields
16
W.C. Fields
16
Clark Gable
16
Greet Garson
16
Samuel Goldwyn
16
Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman)
16
Fernand Gravet
16
Phil Harris
16
Van Hefflin
16
Sonja Henje
16
Bob Hope
16
Louise Hovick
16
Betty Hutton
16
Allen Jenkins
16
Danny Kaye
16
Gene Kelly
16
Deborah Kerr
16
Hedy Lamarr
16
Vivien Leigh
16
Jerry Lewis
16
Anita Louise
16
Myrna Loy
16
Dean Martin
16
Joel McCrea
16
Frank McHugh
16
Adolphe Menjou
16
Ethel Merman
16
Robert Montgomery
16
Paul Muni
16
Jack Oakie
16
Pat O'Brien
16
John Payne
16
Gregory Peck
16
Dick Powell
16
Ronald Reagan
16
Ritz Brothers
16
Edward G. Robinson
16
Roy Rogers
16
George Bernard Shaw
16
Simone Simon
16
Frank Sinatra
16
Jimmy Stewart
16
Shirley Temple
16
Claire Trevor
16
Marie Wilson
16
Walter Winchell
16
Jane Wyman
16
Loretta Young
Sub-series 3. Still photographs from motion pictures
Arranged alphabetically by film title. Contains photographic stills from motion pictures, the majority of which Kapralik made posters and advertising for during his career.
undated
Box
17
Act of Love
17
African Queen
17
Alexander the Great
17
All I Desire
17
Ambassador's Daughter
17
Androcles and the Lion
17
Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
18
Bad and the Beautiful
18
Band of Angels
18
Battleground
18
Beachhead
18
Bells Are Ringing
18
Best Years of Our Lives
18
Big Country
18
Bonjour Tristesse
18
Blue Bird
18
Caine Mutiny
18
Captain Lightfoot
18
Carousel
18
Champagne for Caesar
18
Chocolate Soldier
18
Conqueror
18
Court Marshall of Billy Mitchell
18
Dance with the Devil
18
Designing Woman
18
Dolly Sisters
18
Don't Go Near the Water
18
Duel in the Sun
18
Egg and I
18
Egyptian
18
End As a Man
18
Every Girl Should Be Married
18
Executive Suite
19
Fair Wind to Java
19
Family Honeymoon
19
Father Knows Best
19
Flowing Gold
19
Forever Amber
19
Francis
19
French Line
19
Genius in the Family
19
Genghis Khan
19
Giant
19
Girl Crazy
19
Gladiators
19
Glass Menagerie
19
Good News
19
Greatest Show On Earth
19
Green Dolphin Street
19
Guys and Dolls
19
Happy Time
19
Hatari
19
To Hell and Back
19
Hercules Unchained
19
High School
19
High Society
19
High Wall
19
His Kind of Woman
19
Home From the Hills
19
Horse Soldiers
19
Jack the Ripper
19
I Remember Mama
19
Inside Detroit
19
Interrupted Melody
19
Iron Petticoat
19
Ivanhoe
19
Joan of Arc
19
John Paul Jones
19
Johnny Belinda
19
Julius Caesar
19
Keeper of the Flame
19
Kentucky Moonshine
19
Key
19
King and I
19
King Solomon's Mines
19
Knights of the Round Table
19
Land of Memory
19
Let's Dance
19
Life With Father
19
Little Hut
20
Little Old New York
20
Little Women
20
Long Gray Line
20
Magnificent Obsession
20
Magoo's Arabian Nights
20
Mama to Remember
20
Man Called Peter
20
Man From Laramie
20
Man Who Cheated Himself
20
Man Without a Star
20
Margin for Error
20
Mating of Millie
20
Mating Season
20
Melba
20
Merry Andrew
20
Mogambo
20
Moulin-Rouge
20
Movie Impressions
20
My Friend Irma
20
My Friend Irma Goes West
20
My Six Convicts
20
Naked City
20
No Leave No Love
20
Not For Money
20
On the Riviera
20
Our Miss Brooks
20
Our Very Own
20
Pal Joey
20
Paleface
20
Picnic
20
Pirate
20
Place in the Sun
20
Plymouth Adventure
20
Presenting Lily Mars
21
Prince Valiant
21
Proud Rebel
21
Quiet Man
21
Quo Vadis
21
Razor's Edge
21
Rebel
21
Rifleman
21
Rise and Shine
21
Ritz Brothers
21
Rob Roy
21
Robe
21
Salome
21
Samson and Delilah
21
Saturday Island
21
Scaramouche
21
Second Fiddle
21
7th Voyage of Sinbad
21
Shooting High
21
Show Boat
21
Silk Stocking
21
Sioux Uprising
21
Snows of Kilimanjaro
21
Solomon and Sheba
21
Somebody Up There Likes Me
21
Some Like It Hot
21
Son of Paleface
21
Star Is Born
21
Stooge
21
Story of Ruth
21
Streetcar Named Desire
21
Susannah of the Mounties
21
Tales of Manhattan
21
Tall Men
21
Teahouse of the August Moon
21
Ten Commandments
21
Tenth Avenue Angel
21
That's My Boy
21
They Came to Cordura
21
Three Musketeers
21
Thrill of a Romance
22
Thunder Bay
22
Till the Clouds Roll By
22
Trapeze
22
Tribute to a Bad Man
22
Twelve O'Clock High
22
Under Capricorn
22
Undercurrent
22
Unfinished Dance
22
Vera Cruz
22
Vikings
22
War and Peace
23
War of the Worlds
23
Westward Ho the Wagons
23
Westward the Women
23
White Christmas
23
Wings of Eagles
23
Yearlings
23
Young and the Braves
23
You Gotta Stay Happy
23
Zero Hour
23
Unidentified
23
unidentified sets

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2011

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