Buster Crabbe, Olympic swimming champion and movie star, and the Hopkins Twins, Marian and Virginia who head a cast of 85 aquatic performers in the "Water Follies of 1944", now playing to big crowds nightly at Gilmore Stadium. In addition to solo swimming, Crabbe joins the Hopkins Twins in their rhythm and dance swimming numbers. Photograph dated August 5, 1944.
Crabbe, Buster,--1908-1983 Hopkins, Marian Hopkins, Virginia Gilmore Field (Fairfax, Los Angeles, Calif.) Water Follies of 1944 Synchronized swimming--California--Los Angeles Swimmers--United States Olympic athletes--United States Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Television actors and actresses--United States Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Group portraits Portrait photographs
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