Collection Summary
Brill Family Collection of Programs
1921-1941
1927-1937
1921-1941
1927-1937
ML31.B74
Brill, Richard S., 1912-1997
approximately 150 items
2 boxes
1 linear foot
English
Collection material in English
Music Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
The Brill Family Collection of Programs
contains ephemera from performances of concerts, motion pictures, musicals, plays,
revues, and variety programs attended by Richard S. Brill, his parents Maurice and
Rhona, and his brother Robert between 1921 and 1941.
Acquisition Information
Gift, Kathryn Brill, 2021
Custodial History
Materials were kept by Marie-Louise Brill after the death of her husband Richard S.
Brill and given to the Library of Congress by their daughter Kathryn.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
Alicia Patterson created the initial inventory for the Brill Family Collection of
Programs. Morgen Stevens-Garmon processed the collection and coded the finding aid
in November 2021.
Other Repositories
New York Historical Society holds a collection of Maurice Brill Albums, 1895-1926,
1960s.
Copyright Status
Materials from the Brill Family Collection of Programs are governed by the Copyright
Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international
copyright laws.
Access and Restrictions
The Brill Family Collection of Programs is open to research. Researchers are advised
to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the
desired materials will be available at that time.
Certain restrictions on using or copying materials may apply.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
[item, date, container], Brill Family Collection of Programs, Music Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
The Brill family refers to the immediate relatives of Richard S. Brill (1912-1997).
Richard was the second son of Maurice Brill (1869-1951) and Rhona Mayer Brill
(1885-1983). In late 1886, Maurice and his brothers Samuel and Max founded a chain
of men's clothing stores. In 1930, their store located at 1619 Broadway at the
corner of 49th Street in New York City became the site of the Brill Building, an
eleven-story structure that served as the offices of several music publishers and
related music businesses in the subsequent decades. Richard Brill grew up in and
around New York City. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1930s and later enlisted
in the armed forces. He married Marie-Louise Joseph (1922-2013) in 1941. The couple
moved back to the New York City region before eventually settling in Naples,
Florida.
Scope and Content Note
The programs and few fliers found in this collection were likely collected by Richard
Brill, his older brother Robert, or his parents Maurice and Rhona, primarily in New
York City. The material documents concerts, musicals, plays, revues, and variety
programs attended by the Brill family between 1921 and 1941. The collection also
includes a few programs from motion pictures. A restaurant advertisement from 1933
celebrates the end of Prohibition and is designed to imitate the layout of a
theatrical program. Several of the programs between 1926 and 1930 include
annotations that record a family member's impressions of the performance and
indicate who else attended.
Organization of the Brill Family Collection of Programs
The collection is arranged in one series:
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[Programs,
1921-1941](ead10001)
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Brill family--Archives.
Brill, Maurice, 1869-1951.
Brill, Rhona Sybil, 1884-1983.
Brill, Richard S. (Richard Samuel), 1912-1997.
Subjects
Theater programs.
Titles
Brill family collection of playbills, 1921-1941
Form/Genre
Concert programs.
Ephemera.
Theater programs.
Container List
1-2
Programs, 1921-1941
1921-1941
Programs for concerts, motion pictures, musicals, plays, revues, and variety
programs. The few instances when a production is represented by a flier
instead of a full-length program is noted at the item level. All performance
venues are located in New York City, New York, unless otherwise noted.
Arranged chronologically and alphabetically therein.
1921
1921
1/1
The Chocolate Soldier, Century Theatre
1922
1922
1/2
Bulldog Drummond, Knickerbocker Theatre
1/2
The Rose of Stamboul, Century Theatre
1924
1924
1/3
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (motion
picture)
1/3
Parsifal, Metropolitan Opera House
1925
1925
1/4
The Mikado, 44th Street Theatre
1/4
The Vagabond King, Casino Theatre
1926
1926
1/5
Big Brother/Sis Boxing
Carnival
1/5
Criss Cross, Globe Theatre
1/5
Iolanthe, Plymouth Theatre
1/5
King Henry IV, part 1, Knickerbocker Theatre
1/5
Hulda Lashanska recital,
Carnegie Hall
1927
1927
1/6
The Baby Cyclone, Henry Miller's Theatre
1/6
The Banshee, Daly's 63rd Street Theatre
1/6
The Crown Prince, Forrest Theatre
1/6
The Desert Song, Imperial Theatre
1/6
Escape, Booth Theatre
1/6
The Ivory Door, Charles Hopkins Theatre
1/6
Jederman (Everyman), Century Theatre
1/6
Oh, Kay!, Imperial Theatre
1/7
Peggy-Ann, Vanderbilt Theatre
1/7
Queen High, Ambassador Theatre
1/7
Revue program, Casino de
Paris
1/7
The Spider, 46th Street Theatre
1/7
Taming of the Shrew, Garrick Theatre
1/7
The Trail of Mary Dugan, National Theatre
1/7
Variety program, B. F.
Keith's Palace Theatre
1928
1928
1/8
After Dark, Old Rialto Theatre (Hoboken,
New Jersey)
1/8
And so to Bed, Bijou Theatre
1/8
Blackbirds of 1928, Eltinge Theatre
1/8
George White's Scandals, Apollo Theatre
1/8
Good News, 46th Street Theatre
1/8
Greenwich Village Follies, Winter Garden
Theatre
1/8
The High Road, Fulton Theatre
1/8
Holiday, Plymouth Theatre
1/9
Interference, Lyceum Theatre
1/9
Little Accident, Morosco Theatre
1/9
Lovely Lady, Sam Harris Theatre
1/9
Macbeth, Knickerbocker Theatre
1/9
New York Philharmonic,
"International Gala Concert," Carnegie Hall
1/9
Rosalie, New Amsterdam Theatre
1/9
The Shannons of Broadway, Martin Beck
Theatre
1/9
Variety program, B. F.
Keith's Palace Theatre
1929
1929
1/10
Animal Crackers, 44th Street Theatre
1/10
Congai, Longacre Theatre
1/10
Disraeli (motion picture)
1/10
Earl Carroll's Sketch Book, Earl Carroll
Theatre
1/10
Fifty Million Frenchmen, Lyric Theatre
1/11
The Front Page, Times Square Theatre
1/11
The Game of Love and Death, Biltmore Theatre
1/11
Hold Everything!, Broadhurst Theatre
1/11
Journey's End, Henry Miller's Theatre
1/11
Kellogg Sunday Afternoon
Concerts, Capital Theatre (Hartford, Connecticut)
1/11
Kibitzer, Royale Theatre
1/12
Lady Fingers, Vanderbilt Theatre
1/12
Michael and Mary, Charles Hopkins Theatre
1/12
The New Moon, Imperial Theatre
1/12
Paris, Music Box Theatre
1/12
Pleasure Bound, Majestic Theatre
1/12
Spring is Here, Alvin Theatre
1930
1930
1/13
Café, Ritz Theatre
1/13
Dancing Partner, Belasco Theatre
1/13
Death Takes a Holiday, Ethel Barrymore
Theatre
1/13
Earl Carroll's Vanities, New Amsterdam
Theatre
1/13
Flying High, Apollo Theatre on 42nd Street
Two copies
1/14
The Man in Possession, Booth Theatre
1/14
New York Philharmonic,
Carnegie Hall
1/14
Once in a Lifetime, Music Box Theatre
1/14
Simple Simon, Ziegfeld Theatre
1/14
Sons O'Guns, Imperial Theatre
1/14
Three's a Crowd, Selwyn Theatre
1931
1931
2/1
The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Empire
Theatre
2/1
Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt, 44th Street
Theatre
2/1
The Cat and the Fiddle, Globe Theatre
2/1
The Chicago Civic
Shakespeare Society, Royale Theatre
2/1
The First Mrs. Fraser, Shubert Theater (New Haven,
Connecticut)
2/1
The Green Pastures, Mansfield Theatre
2/1
The Roof, Charles Hopkins Theatre
2/1
The School for Scandal, Ethel Barrymore
Theatre
2/1
Shoot the Works!, George M. Cohan Theatre
2/1
You Said It, 46th Street Theatre
1932
1932
2/2
Air-Minded, Ritz Theatre
2/2
Americana, Sam Shubert Theatre
2/2
Another Language, Booth Theatre
2/2
Brief Moment, Belasco Theatre
2/2
Cynara, Sam Shubert Theatre
2/2
The Devil Passes, Selwyn Theatre
2/2
Face The Music, New Amsterdam Theatre
2/3
Flying Colors, Imperial Theatre
2/3
The Good Fairy, Henry Miller's Theatre
2/3
The Left Bank, Little Theatre
2/3
Lou Holtz 1932
Vaudeville Revue, Hollywood Theatre
2/3
Reunion in Vienna, Martin Beck Theatre
2/3
Showboat, Casino Theatre
2/3
Springtime for Henry, Bijou Theatre
2/3
Too True to Be Good, Guild Theatre
1933
1933
2/4
Alien Corn, Belasco Theatre
2/4
Dangerous Corner, Fulton Theatre
2/4
Evensong, Selwyn Theatre
2/4
Forsaking All Others, Time Square Theatre
2/4
Gold Diggers of 1933 (motion picture), Grauman's Chinese
Theatre (Los Angeles, California)
2/4
Growing Pains, Ambassador Theatre
2/4
The Late Christopher Bean, Henry Miller's
Theatre
2/4
Music in the Air, 44th Street Theatre
2/4
Richmond Grill
restaurant
Advertisement
1934
1934
2/5
As
Thousands Cheer, Music Box Theatre
2/5
Kill That Story, Ambassador Theatre
2/5
Life Begins at 8:40, Winter Garden Theatre
Flier
2/5
Lost Horizons, St. James Theatre
2/5
Personal Appearance, Henry Miller's Theatre
2/5
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Ninth Concert, Carnegie Hall
2/5
Richard of Bordeaux, Empire Theatre
2/5
The Shining Hour, Booth Theatre
2/5
Strangers at Home, Longacre Theatre
2/5
Varieties, First
Edition, Casino Theatre
1935
1935
2/6
Accent on Youth, Plymouth Theatre
2/6
Blind Alley, Ritz Theatre
2/6
Boy Meets Girl, Cort Theatre
2/6
The Children's Hour, Maxine Elliott's
Theatre
2/6
First Lady, Music Box Theatre
2/6
Laburnum Grove, Masque Theatre
Flier
2/6
Petticoat Fever, Ritz Theatre
2/6
Romeo and Juliet, Martin Beck Theatre
2/6
Three Men on a Horse, Playhouse Theatre
2/6
Tobacco Road, Forrest Theatre
1936
1936
2/7
Call It a Day, Morosco Theatre
2/7
Co-Respondent Unknown, Ritz Theatre
2/7
Col. W. de Basil's
Ballet Russe, Metropolitan Opera House
2/7
End of Summer, Guild Theatre
Flier
2/7
Libel, Henry Miller's Theatre
2/7
Love on the Dole, Longacre Theatre
2/7
Pride and Prejudice, Plymouth Theatre
2/7
Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, Winter Garden
Theatre
1937
1937
2/8
Amphitryon 38, Sam Shubert Theatre
2/8
But for the Grace of God, Guild Theatre
2/8
King Richard II, St. James Theatre
2/8
The Masque of Kings, Sam S. Shubert Theatre
2/8
Room Service, Cort Theatre
2/8
Tovarich, Plymouth Theatre
2/8
Victoria Regina, Broadhurst Theatre
2/8
Wingless Victory, Empire Theatre
1938
1938
2/9
All that Glitters, Biltmore Theatre
2/9
Julius Caesar and The Shoemakers'
Holiday, National Theatre
2/9
Shadow and Substance, John Golden Theatre
2/9
Washington Jitters, Guild Theatre
1941
1941
2/10
Twelfth Night, St. James Theatre