Holly Fine and Danny Kaye Papers, 1934-1994 (majority within 1935-1938)

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Holly Fine and Danny Kaye Papers, 1934-1994 (majority within 1935-1938)

5 boxes (approx. 3.75 linear feet) — Photographs in Boxes 2 and 4. — Drawings in Box 5. — Newspaper clippings and magazines in Box 2. Scrapbooks in Box 5.

Holly Fine was a dancer and performer with the traveling vaudeville production, the Marcus Show, in the 1930s. The collection documents Fine’s relationship with entertainer Danny Kaye, as well as the Marcus Show itself. Includes correspondence, vaudeville programs and promotional material, photographs, scrapbooks, printed material and drawings. The correspondence includes approximately 0.5 linear feet of letters written from Kaye to Fine.

The Holly Fine and Danny Kaye Papers document the relationship between Fine and Kaye, as well as the 1930s traveling vaudeville production, The Marcus Show. The papers have been divided into six series: Correspondence, Vaudeville, Printed Material, Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Drawings and Artwork.

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Correspondence

The Correspondence series consists of approximately 0.6 linear feet of material. The vast majority of the correspondence consists of handwritten letters from Danny Kaye to Holly Fine. Although the letters span the years 1934 to 1986, the bulk of the correspondence dates from late 1934 to late 1937. Kaye’s letters are very affectionate and personal. The letters center mostly on the relationship between Kaye and Fine, but Kaye also mentions developments in his career, including the shooting of his first short film in 1937. Most of the correspondence dating from the 1950s is brief and relatively insubstantial. The correspondence series also includes a subseries of letters to Holly Fine from other correspondents, including several from Kaye’s wife, Silvia Fine, Kaye’s brothers Sparky and Larry, and Bea Marcus, and other people involved with the Marcus show. The Larry Kaye correspondence, in which he sometimes addresses his relationship with his brother Danny, his brother’s career, and his brother’s marriage, is the most noteworthy of this subseries.