Adolph Zukor Presents Collection of 500 Varied Movie Prints to Widener

Riding the crest of a wave of photographic fervor that carried with it the formation of the Harvard Film Society to present epoch-making pictures, Widener Memorial Library yesterday received from Adolph Zukor, of Paramount fame, a gift of 500 prints from motion pictures he has made.

Much hustle and bustle, due to the presence of reporters and photographers, preceded the formal presentation of the prints by Ray Milland, new Paramount star featured in the current production, "Jungle Princess", to Robert P. Blake '12, Director of the library.

Rose With Industry

The occasion formed a part of the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Zukor's start in pictures. Several prints from each of his more outstanding productions of the past twenty-five years were included, and since his career closely parallels the rise of moving pictures, the photographs afford a complete panorama of the development of the industry.

Among the witnesses of the ceremony were 90-year-old Henry M. Rogers '62, eldest living graduate of the University, and John T. Murray '99, professor of English, who assisted as technical literary advisor in the production of the film, "Romeo and Juliet".

Best Collection

Milland explained that Widener had been chosen as the recipient of this gift because it has the largest theatrical collection of all university libraries in this country.

Warner Brothers and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has contributed a number of the prints now on display in the Theatre Room. Scenes shown vary from the crude efforts of the Mary Pickford-Charlie Chaplin era to extravaganzas like "Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Here Comes the Fleet".