University of Wyoming
Glendon Allvine was a playwright, writer, and film producer. His writing credits included "Knights of Song" (1934) and "The Greatest Fox of All" (1969). He produced "The Silver Streak" and "We're Rich Again" (1934). When he was in the film industry he worked for Paramount Pictures, Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, Paramount Publix corporation, and Paramount Pictures, Inc.
The Glendon Allvine papers contain correspondence about his career and the film industry (1917-1960), scrapbooks of the films made by Paramount Pictures, Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, and Paramount Publix Corporation (1920s-1930s). One of the scrapbooks is about the making and release of the motion picture "The Ten Commandments" (1923). There is a script of "Knights of Song" with a scrapbook of its productions (1933, 1960), oversized photographs of movie stars such as Fay Lampier, Buddy Rogers, Louise Brer, and Ethel Clayton (1920s). There are also Paramount Publix Corporation prep books for their pictures (1930-1933), and books about film stars and the film industry (1935-1969).
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There are no known other archival collections created by Glendon Allvine at the date of processing.
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