“John Kobal and the Hollywood Collector’s Frame of Mind”

Warren Sherk, Associate Director, Special Collections and Photograph Archive at Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Library, Beverly Hills

John Kobal’s lifelong obsession with collecting Hollywood portraiture serves as a springboard to examine the who, what, and why of individual collectors of film history. Foundational stories and images from the Academy Collection will offer a window into the collection of Kevin Brownlow on silent film as well as landmark collections on subjects such as American movie theaters, pre-cinema history and devices, cinema sheet music, and Westerns. Finally, the lecture will close with selected items related to Dartmouth College and the Dartmouth Film Society.