Ralston, G. Mss., 1916-1949
This collection is open for research.
Glenn Ralston was an artist from Indiana who spent most of his professional life in
New York City. During the 1970s and 1980s he was associated with the historic
Astoria Studios. Ralston was also co-founder and trustee emeritus of the American
Museum of the Moving Image.
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Motion pictures; II.
Advertisements; III. Miscellaneous.
The Ralston, G. mss., 1916-1949, consists primarily of lantern slides collected by
Glenn Ralston. Most of these slides were produced to be used in movie theatres to
announce coming attractions and to advertise various products and services. A few
informational slides are included, such as "Silence,"
"Children of Europe Need Your Help,"
"Let Us Stand By President Wilson," and several
offer song lyrics. In addition, there are 63 lantern slides pertaining to
homeopathy. A sheet music cover and its copper printing plate for an unknown piece
from the film
The Emperor Waltz starring Bing Crosby
and Joan Fontaine complete the collection.
Series:
Box 1
Motion Pictures
One slide for each title, unless otherwise indicated.
3 Jumps Ahead, 1923
7th Heaven, 1927
Ace of Cactus Range, 1924
The Actress, 1928
Adam and Evil, 1927
The Adventurer, 1928
The Adventures of Don Juan, 1949
The Adventures of Texas Jack, 1934
After the Bawl
Alias Julius Caesar, 1922
Alias Mary Flynn, 1925
All Around Frying Pan, 1925
All Washed Up
All Wet, 1922
Almost a Lady, 1926
America, 1924
Any Night, 1922
Anything Once, 1917
The Appearance of Evil, 1918
Ashes of Desire, 1918
At the Stage Door, 1921
The Auction Block, 1926
The Avalanche, 1919
Baby Mine, 1928
Bachelor Bait, 1934
Battling Butler, 1926
Becky, 1927
Behold My Wife, 1920
- 2 slides
The Belle of New York, 1919
The Better Wife, 1918
Beverly of Graustark, 1926
Beware of Bachelors, 1928
Beyond London's Lights, 1928
Beyond Price, 1921
The Big Broadcast of 1936, 1936
Big Pal, 1925
The Big Parade, 1925
Bigger than Barnum's, 1926
Billions, 1920
- 2 slides
The Bishop Murder Case, 1930
Bitter Apples, 1927
The Black Bird, 1926
Black Cyclone, 1925
The Black Pirate, 1926
Blarney, 1926
Blazes
The Block Signal, 1926
Blood Will Tell, 1927
The Blue Streak, 1926
Body and Soul, 1927
The Bonded Woman, 1922
Borrowed Plumage, 1917
Boss Camp of 4, 1922
Box 2
Boston Blackie, 1923
The Boy Rider, 1927
Boys Will Be Boys, 1921
Brass Knuckles, 1927
Breed of The Sea, 1926
Bringing Up Father, 1928
Broadcasting, 1924
The Broken Melody, 1919
The Bugler of Algiers, 1916
Bumping into Broadway, 1919
Bungalow Bungle, 1915
The Burden of Proof, 1918
Burglar Proof, 1920
Burning Sands, 1922
The Bush Leaguer, 1927
Buttons, 1927
Cannibals of the South Seas, 1912
Captain Kidd's Kids, 1919
The Careless Age, 1929
Carolyn of the Corners, 1919
Caught in the Rapids
The Charleston in Six Lessons
The Charm School, 1921
The Cheater, 1920
Chicken a la King, 1928
Chinatown Squad, 1935
Cinderella's Twin, 1920
Circus Rookies, 1927
Clancy's Kosher Wedding, 1927
Coast Guard, 1939
The Cock Eyed World, 1929
The Cocoanuts, 1929
The Cohens and Kellys, 1926
Combat, 1926
Come Through, 1917
Common Property, 1919
Coney Island, 1928
The Cossacks, 1928
The Cost, 1920
The County Chairman, 1934
The Covered Wagon, 1923
The Coward, 1927
The Crackerjack, 1925
The Cradle of Courage, 1920
- 2 slides
Crooks Can't Win, 1928
Cry Wolf, 1947
Cupid's RoundUp
The Cyclone Rider, 1924
Daddy's GoneAHunting, 1925
The Dancer's Peril, 1917
Danger Lights, 1930
The Dangerous Age, 1923
The Dangerous Flirt, 1924
Box 3
Dante's Inferno, 1924
A Daughter of the Gods, 1916
Daughter's Strange Inheritance, 1915
The Dawn Patrol, 1938
Death Flies East, 1935
The DemiBride, 1927
The Desperate Hero, 1920
Detectives, 1928
The Deuce of Spades, 1922
The Devil's Circus, 1927
Devil's Island, 1926
Devil's Partner
Devotion, 1946
The Docks of New York, 1928
The Doctor and the Woman, 1918
Dog Justice, 1928
A Dog of the Regiment, 1927
A Dog's Life, 1918
Don Quixote, 1915
Don't Marry, 1928
Don't Slip
Dr. Christian Meets the Women, 1940
The Dub, 1919
Dust Be My Destiny, 1939
The Early Bird, 1925
Earthbound, 1920
East Side West Side, 1927
Easy to Wed, 1946
The Eleventh Commandment, 1918
Empty Hands, 1924
The Enchanted Hill, 1926
The Eternal Magdalene, 1919
Ethel Clayton, 1917
Eve's Lover, 1925
Exit Quietly
The Eyes of the World, 1917
Eyes of Youth, 1919
The Face on the Barroom Floor
The False Alarm, 1926
The False Faces, 1919
Fangs of the Wild, 1928
The Far Call, 1929
The Fatal Photo, 1923
Fatty in Coney Island, 1917
The Fighting Blade, 1923
The Fighting Lover, 1921
Fighting with Kit Carson, 1933
FindersKeepers, 1921
The Finger of Justice, 1918
The Fire Brigade, 1926
The Five Fifteen, 1923
The Flame of Life, 1923
Flaming Fury, 1926
Flesh & Blood, 1922
- 3 slides
Flower of Night, 1925
The Fog, 1923
A Fool There Was, 1922
Box 4
Fools and Riches, 1923
Footlights and Shadows, 1920
The Forbidden City, 1918
The Forgotten Woman, 1921
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1921
- 2 slides
From Headquarters, 1915
The Gallant Blade, 1948
The Gamblers, 1919
The Gay Lord Quex, 1919
The Gay Retreat, 1927
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1928
The Ghost in the Garret, 1921
Gigolo, 1926
The Girl from Chicago, 1927
A Girl of the Timber Claims, 1917
Glorious Betsy, 1928
The GoGetters
Gold Heels, 1924
Good Time Charley, 1927
Grand Old Girl, 1935
The Gray Towers Mystery, 1919
The Great Alone, 1922
Green Dolphin Street, 1947
The Green Years, 1946
The HalfBreed, 1916
Hard to Get, 1929
Hat, Coat and Glove, 1934
The Hazards of Helen
He Did and He Didn't
The Heart of Wetona, 1919
Hearts of the World, 1918
Heaven on Earth, 1927
Helen of Troy, N.Y.
Hell's Border, 1922
Hell's Oasis, 1920
Her Country's Call, 1917
Her Kingdom of Dreams, 1919
Her Lucky Night, 1945
Her Silent Sacrifice, 1917
Her Sister from Paris, 1925
Hey Rube, 1928
Hickville to Broadway, 1921
High and Dizzy, 1920
High Finance, 1917
His Secretary, 1925
His Wild Oats, 1916
Home, 1916
Honor Bound, 1920
The Honor System, 1917
Hook and Ladder No. 9, 1927
HoopLa, 1919
The Hostage, 1917
Hot Water, 1924
The Hottentot, 1922
Housewife, 1934
How's About It, 1943
Human Collateral, 1920
The Humming Bird, 1924
I Am The Man, 1924
Box 5
I Want My Man, 1925
The Idol Dancer, 1920
If You Believe It, It's So, 1922
I'm Goin to Plant Myself in My Old Plantation Home
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew, 1922
In Bad, 1918
In the Hollow of Her Hand, 1918
The Indestructible Wife, 1919
Innocents of Paris, 1929
The Invisible Bond, 1919
The Invisible Fear, 1921
- 2 slides
Irene, 1926
The Isle of Retribution, 1926
Jake the Plumber, 1927
Jaws of Steel, 1927
Jinx, 1919
Johnny Doughboy, 1942
The Judgment House, 1917
Just Pals, 1920
The Keys of the Righteous, 1918
King Kelly of the U. S. A., 1934
Kings Creek Law, 1923
Kismet, 1944
Kosher Kitty Kelly, 1926
- 2 slides
Ladies Must Dress, 1927
A Lady in Love, 1919
The Lady of the Dugout, 1918
A Lady's Name, 1918
The Lamb and the Lion, 1919
Laugh with Larry
Law for Tombstone, 1937
The Law of Snow Country, 1926
Legionnaires in Paris, 1927
Lend Me Your Husband, 1924
Let Freedom Ring, 1939
The Life of our Saviour
Life with Father, 1947
Little Accident, 1939
The Little Church Around the Corner, 1923
The Live Wire, 1925
- 2 slides
The Lone Wolf Returns, 1926
- 2 slides
The Long Riders
Look Out Below
Look Who's Laughing, 1941
The Lost Planet, 1953
The Lotus Eater, 1921
Love's Law, 1917
The Loves of Letty, 1919
Luck, 1923
Lucky Partners, 1940
Lucretia Lombard, 1923
Mademoiselle from Armentieres, 1926
The Magnificent Brute, 1936
The Man Between, 1923
A Man from Nowhere, 1920
Box 6
Man of the Forest, 1926
The Man on the Box, 1925
Mark of the Frog, 1928
Market of Vain Desire, 1916
Marquis Preferred, 1929
Marriage in Transit, 1925
Married in Hollywood, 1929
Mary's Ankle, 1920
The Master Mind, 1920
McFadden's Flats, 1927
Merry Go Round, 1922
The Message of Emile Coue
The Midnight Express, 1924
The Midnight Patrol, 1918
A Midnight Romance, 1919
The Midnight Taxi, 1928
Miss Brewster's Millions, 1926
Miss Jackie of the Army, 1917
M'Liss, 1936
The Model from Montmartre, 1926
The Mohican's Daughter, 1922
Molly Entangled, 1917
Money! Money! Money!, 1923
Moonlight Follies, 1921
Moonshine, 1917
Mother's Boy, 1929
Mountain Music
Music for Millions, 1944
Mutt and Jeff in Chinatown
My Lady of Whims, 1925
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu, 1929
The Mysterious Miss Terry, 1917
The Mystery Squadron, 1933
Napoleon, 1927
The Narrow Trail, 1917
The Natural Law, 1917
Naughty, Naughty, 1918
Neal of the Navy, 1915
The New Moon, 1919
The News Parade, 1928
A Night in Honolulu
A Noise in Newboro, 1923
Not for Publication, 1927
Notoriety, 1922
The Nut Farm, 1935
Old Clothes, 1925
An Old Fashioned Boy
The Old Homestead, 1922
Omar the Tentmaker, 1922
On the Go, 1925
On the High Seas, 1922
One Man in a Million, 1921
- 2 slides
One Round Hogan, 1927
The One Woman, 1918
Box 7
The Orphan, 1920
- 2 slides
Our Alley, 1923
Paddy the Next Best Thing, 1923
Pardon Me, 1922
Paris, 1929
The Parson of Panamint, 1916
Partners Three, 1919
Pay Day, 1922
Pay Me, 1917
Pearl of the Army, 1916
- 2 slides
The Phantom Express, 1925
The Play Girl, 1928
Playing the Game, 1918
Poor but Honest, 1915
A Poor Fish, 1933
Poor Men's Wives, 1923
Pop Tuttle's Clever Catch
The Price Mark, 1917
The Price of a Good Time, 1917
The Price of Innocence, 1919
The Price of Silence, 1916
The Primal Law, 1921
The Prince of Pep, 1925
A Prince There Was, 1922
The Princess of New York, 1921
Prisoners of the Storm, 1926
A Private Scandal, 1921
Publicity Madness, 1927
- 2 slides
Quality Street, 1927
Quick Action, 1921
R.S.V.P., 1921
- 2 slides
The Racing Romeo, 1927
Rah! Rah! Rexie!
Ranger of the North, 1927
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1917
Received Payment, 1922
Reckless Romance, 1924
A Reckless Romeo, 1917
Reclaimed, 1919
The Recoil, 1921
The Recreation of Brian Kent, 1925
The Red Mill, 1927
Red Riders of Canada, 1928
Reggie Mixes In, 1916
Remedy for Riches, 1940
Remember, 1926
Renegade Trail, 1939
A Reno Divorce, 1927
The Restless Sex, 1920
Ride the Pink Horse, 1947
Riders of the Dark, 1928
Riders of the Purple Sage, 1931
Rinty of the Desert, 1928
The Road through the Dark, 1918
Robin Hood, 1922
Romance and Arabella, 1919
Romance Land, 1923
Romance of Rio Grande, 1929
The Romance of Tarzan, 1918
Romola, 1924
Rookies, 1927
RoseMarie, 1928
Rough Sailing
Box 8
The Royal Bed, 1931
The Safety Curtain, 1918
Sailor Made Man, 1921
Sandy, 1926
The Sawmill, 1922; double
billed with: I Do
Sealed Hearts, 1919
The Secret Kingdom, 1916
Serenade, 1921
Seven Days, 1925
Shackles of Gold, 1922
Shadow of a Doubt, 1943
The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes, 1920
Shadows, 1922
Shadows of the Past, 1914
Shadows of the Tiger
Shamrock and the Rose, 1927
Shanghaied, 1927
She Couldn't Take It, 1935
Shirley Kaye, 1917
Shoulder Arms, 1918
The Silent Accuser, 1924
The Silent Call, 1921
The Silent Man, 1917
Silk Legs, 1927
Silver Wings, 1922
Silvery Valley, 1927
Singed, 1927
The Sins of the Mothers, 1915
Sister Against Sister, 1917
A Six Shootin' Romance, 1926
The Slave Market, 1917
Slide Kelly Slide, 1927
Slightly Used, 1927
Slippy McGee, 1923
The Smart Set, 1928
Smilin' Jim, 1922
Smilin' Through, 1932
The Snail, 1918
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937
Snowed In, 1926
A Social Error, 1922
Something in the Wind, 1947
The Son of the Sheik, 1926
The Son of the Wolf, 1922
Sorrell and Son, 1927
Soul Mates, 1925
South Sea Rose, 1929
Box 9
Sowing the Wind, 1921
The Spark Divine, 1919
The Spite Bride, 1919
The Splendid Road, 1925
Sporting Life, 1925
Spotlight, Sadie, 1919
Spring Fever, 1927
Spring is Here, 1930
A Stage Romance, 1922
Stand By for Action, 1943
Stepping Out, 1919
The Storm, 1938
Straight From the Farm
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1920
The Studio Girl, 1918
Surging Seas, 1924
Sweet Rosie O'Grady, 1926
Sweethearts and Wives, 1930
Sweetie, 1923
A Tale of Two Worlds, 1921
Tempered Steel, 1918
Temptation, 1923
Ten Nights in a Barroom
The Terrible People, 1929
Texas Jack, 1935
That's That, 1928
Their Day of Rest
There's Always Tomorrow, 1934
They Just Had to Get Married, 1933
A Thief in the Dark, 1928
Thin Ice, 1919
This Love of Ours, 1945
This Man's Navy, 1945
Thunderbolt, 1929
The Thunderbolt, 1919
The Tiger's Trail, 1919
The Timid Terror, 1926
Tin Hats, 1926
To a Finish, 1926
Todd of the Times, 1919
The Tolls of the Sea, 1922
Tom Sawyer, 1917
Tough Luck, 1921
The Trail of the Octopus, 1919
Transient Lady, 1935
The Triumph of an Emperor
Tucker's Top Hand, 1924
Twelve Miles Out, 1927
Two Girls Wanted, 1927
Two Minutes To Go, 1921
Under False Colors, 1917
Under the Black Eagle, 1928
The Understudy, 1922
The Unholy Three, 1925
The Unknown, 1921
The Unsuspected, 1947
Up in the Air
Box 10
The Vamp, 1918
Vampire Ambrose, 1916
The Vanishing American, 1925
Vanishing Trails, 1920
Very Confidential, 1927
A Village Sleuth, 1920
A Virgin Paradise, 1921
- 2 slides
The Virginian, 1929
Virtuous Wives, 1918
The Walls of Jericho, 1948
The Waning Sex, 1926
War Paint, 1926
Watch Your Wife, 1926
Way Down East, 1920
Wedding Present, 1936
Welcome Danger, 1929
Welcome Granger...The Pacemakers
We're in the Navy Now, 1926
West is West, 1920
West of The Alamo
West of the Pecos, 1935
Westbound Mail, 1937
Western Fate, 1924
What an Eye, 1924
What Every Girl Should Know, 1927
What Every Woman Wants, 1919
What Love Will Do, 1921
What's Your Hurry?, 1920
The Wheel of Life, 1929
When a Dog Loves, 1927
When a Man Loves, 1919
When a Man's a Man, 1935
When the Door Opened, 1925
When You're in Love, 1937
Where Lights are Low, 1921
Where Men Are Men, 1921
Where the North Begins, 1923
Why Girls Leave Home
Why Smith Left Home, 1919
Wild West, 1925
Without Compromise, 1922
The Wizard, 1927
The Wolf Dog, 1933
Wolf Fangs, 1927
Wolf Lowry, 1917
The Wolf, 1919
Wolves of the Rail, 1918
The Woman Game, 1920
The Woman God Sent, 1920
The Woman in White, 1917
Woman Wise, 1928
The World for Sale, 1918
The World to Live in, 1919
Box 11
Yankee Doodle Jr., 1920
Yellow Fingers, 1926
- 2 slides
The Yosemite Trail, 1922
The Young Painter, 1922
Youth's Endearing Charm, 1916
Zaza, 1923
Series:
Box 13
Miscellaneous
One slide each, unless otherwise indicated.
Children of Europe Need Your Help!; matinee fundraiser for the
Owensboro Redd [sic] Cross
Coming attractions, Vod-a-Vil Movies
Coming To-morrow
Coming: Sousa and his band
Excelsior Moving Picture Company
First National Pictures film festival
Graphoscope Service Co. (film projection)
Gus Hill's Minstrels & George Evans'
Minstrels
Harmony Eight Jazz Band
McDonald & Moran Song Girl Revue, at the
Bleich
Make Your Dollars Work for You...Invest
Music is now one of the Big Features at this theater
Night in Japan...given by the Colonial Bells (Inc.)...Music by
Kirk's...
Paramount-Artcraft Pictures
Pictures changed Mon., Wed., Fri.
Queensboro Athletic Club, Wills-Madden boxing match, film
projection of
Select Pictures, Alice Brady (actress)
"Silence"
Song-hit slide: "Bet-ter trade your
pret-ty / cas-tles up in the air..."
Song-hit slide: "Days and night full of
daz-zling sights / You may see them yet be
blind..."
Song-hit slide: "Good friends I have
ga-lore / But I want some-thing more..."
Song-hit slide: "I will close my book
of dreams / And seal it with a kiss..."
- 2 slides
Song-hit slide: "If I can't have you /
All my love to share..."
- 2 slides
Song-hit slide: "If I can't have you /
if you can't have me..."
Song-hit slide: "I'll keep lov-ing you
/ No one else will do..."
Song-hit slide: "Look-ing from a
dis-tance / all the world seems gay..."
Song-hit slide: "Love is all that
mat-ters / You'll find out some day..."
Song-hit slide: "Nev-er let il-lu-sion
/ car-ry you a-way..."
Song-hit slide: "The world has much to
give / The lit-tle while we live..."
Spanuth's original vod-a-vil movies
Triangle Films, Douglas Fairbanks
Vaudeville, Felix Herman & Co., at the Bleich
We Cordially Invite Ladies & Children to Attend This
Theatre
Woodrow Wilson: Let us stand by President Wilson
Woodrow Wilson: Listen to your President
[drawing of black woman and boy in baseball uniform]
[outdoor scene with man and woman]
[pilgrims at Plymouth Rock?]
[Times Square?]
Slides pertaining to homeopathy
- 12 slides
Box 14
Slides pertaining to homeopathy, continued
- 51 slides
Box 15
The Emperor Waltz copper printing
plate
Box 16
The Emperor Waltz sheet music
cover
