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Title
Superman caught, Biltmore Theatre
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1949
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
It's Superman! At least that's how husky Don Sinnott, 18, describes himself. He admits to police he smashed seats, yanked radiators and fire extinguishers from walls, and pulled doors from hinges at the Biltmore Theater. Suspect is shown with Officer John Buffington, in the foyer of the theater. The current theater production at the Biltmore was entitled, "Man and Superman." Photo dated: March 15, 1949.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00039088
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1817.
CARL0000043978
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15445
Subject
Sinnot, Don
Buffington, John
Millennium Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Biltmore Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Theaters--California--Los Angeles
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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