Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Donald O'Connor Professional Head Shot |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Donald O'Connor Professional Head Shot. Black and white photo of Donald O'Connor, who is facing the camera and smiling. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and dark colored and white striped tie. In the bottom right corner there is O'Connor's autograph written in black ink, "TO MIKE - / THANK YOU FOR / EVERYTHING, - / DONALD / O'CONNOR." The photo is aged and shiny in parts around where the frame had been. Part of collection related to Circle Star that donor's sister, Carol (Selby) Bancroft, collected when she was a limo driver that handled Circle Star performers' transportation (her and her husband Mike operated a limo service). |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Studio |
Unknown |
Catalog Number |
2018.026.005.11 |
Collection |
Archival - Photographs |
Place |
unknown |
Provenance |
Part of collection related to Circle Star Theater that donor's sister, Carole Selby Bancroft, collected when she was a limo driver that handled Circle Star performers' transportation (her and her husband Mike operated a limo service). |
Notes |
"Donald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer, and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. He is best known today for his role as Don Lockwood's friend and colleague Cosmo Brown in Singin' in the Rain (1952)." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_O%27Connor] "The Circle Star Theatre was a performing arts venue in San Carlos, San Mateo County, California. Its name is based on it being a theater in the round, featuring a rotating circular stage with none of its 3,743 seats further than 50 feet (15 m) from the stage. Unlike similar venues across the United States, the Circle Star Theatre stage had the ability to rotate in either direction without limit, thanks to the slip ring and brush system that supplied electrical power and lighting signals to it. The theatre's address was 2 Circle Star Way, San Carlos, CA 94070. "In 1971, the theatre was purchased by Marquee Entertainment, run by Don Jo Medlevine of the famed Chicago nightclub Chez Paree. Marquee Entertainment booked Las Vegas acts such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, and Liberace, among many others. In the mid-1970s the theatre was kept solvent by booking Motown acts to increase its diversity.[1] "Don Jo Medlevine sold the Circle Star Theater to Dr. Leonard Bloom. Dr. Bloom later sold the theater to a local car dealer. The new ownership did not have the same elite relationships with the top entertainers as Dr. Bloom had, so it was closed in December 1993.[2] The building caught fire on April 18, 1997, damaging much of the backstage area, though by this time plans had already been made for its demolition.[3] The theater was ultimately demolished to make way for the Circle Star Center, a complex containing two four-story office buildings and a small hotel, since 2015 or 2014 Softbank owns the buildings and uses them as offices. The hotel is now a extended stay America." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_Star_Theater (8/23/2018)] |
People |
O'Connor, Donald |
Search Terms |
Circle Star Theatre |
Subjects |
Celebrities Entertainers Portrait photographs |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Jim Kelly |