This professor pulls strings - but just to enchant people
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated September 13, 1962 partially reads, "Melvin Helstein has pulled many strings in his profession - but then it's expected of him. He is the creator and the voice, action and words of the world of bright and comical figures who have enchanted children and adults alike. As Helstein explains, his creations aren't people - they are puppets or marionettes satirizing people. In love with his work, Helstein, assistant professor of theater arts at UCLA, is saddened by the gradual decline in puppetry as a folk art." Pictured here are Sicilian marionettes.; See image #00132442 for additional photo in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty Collectors and collecting--California--Los Angeles Puppet plays, American--California--Los Angeles Marionettes--California--Los Angeles Puppeteers--California--Los Angeles Puppets--California--Los Angeles Universities and colleges--California--Los Angeles--Faculty Men--California--Los Angeles Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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