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Photograph of construction worker and employee during Stardust renovation, Las Vegas, (Nev.), March 18, 1975
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Maxim Hotel and Casino B-roll: video
B-Roll footage of interiors, a band playing music, and actors portaying customers in the Maxim Hotel and Casino. Original media U-matic, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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The Racket, 1926 to 1952, 1926 to 1929
The Racket sub-series (1926-1952) contains advertising and publicity, financial, legal, production and direction records, and a screenplay. Based on Barlett Cormack's play of the same name, director Lewis Milestone and producer Howard Hughes released The Racket on June 30, 1928.
Advertising and publicity records include bound volumes of newspaper clippings, advertising instructions for publicity agencies and publishers, and an honorable mention from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Financial records include rental and earning reports for the film. Legal records include Louis Wolheim’s actor agreement and the story’s film rights. The screenplay is a synopsis of the film from Bartlett Cormack. The production and direction records are primarily black-and-white photographic prints and negatives depicting the interior and exterior sets, and Lewis Milestone directing.
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
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Showgirl and Stardust logo image unveiled on Western Pacific Airlines: video, approximately 1985 to 1995
Segment by unknown San Diego newstation on the expanding population, real estate, and economic upturn that Las Vegas is experiencing. Video opens with a Stardust Hotel and Casino craps game, while a voiceover describes Las Vegas as "Lost Vegas" and "Lost Wages" but that tourists and locals live together side-by-side. Reporter explains the population is rapidly growing, and many Californians and San Diegans are moving to the city, as it rebrands from "Sin City" to a reasonable, welcoming place to live. The reporter explains that many casinos were "in the red" and how it was in a economic downturn. However, many new casinos are being expanded or new ones built now that the economy is looking up. Features many shots of the Stardust Hotel interior and exterior. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 031
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Postcard showing Scotty's Castle, Death Valley, circa 1920 to 1955
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Postcard of Arizona Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1908
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