Jacques Kapralik papers - Archives West

Jacques Kapralik papers, 1927-1962

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Kapralik, Jacques
Title: Jacques Kapralik papers
Dates: 1927-1962 (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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

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Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~128~128.

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

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Jacques Kapralik papers, 1927-1962

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Alternative Forms Available

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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

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

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

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

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

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Corporate Names

Processed by Emily Christopherson
2011

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Jacques Kapralik papers, 1927-1962

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Alternative Forms Available

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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

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

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

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

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

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Corporate Names

Processed by Emily Christopherson2011

Processed by Emily Christopherson
2011