Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated May 20, 1959 reads, "'King of Actors,' Clark Gable, arrives for the ballet opening with his wife, Kay Spreckels." Gable and Spreckels were among the 6,600 people who attended the opening performance of the Bolshoi Ballet at the Shrine Auditorium. The Moscovian ballet troupe gave 14 presentations in Los Angeles during their tour.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Gable, Clark,--1901-1960 Gable, Kathleen Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bol'shoi? teatr SSSR.--Balet Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Ballet--California--Los Angeles Couples--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Auditoriums--California--Los Angeles University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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