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Photograph caption dated July 30, 1959 reads, "Screen star Nobu McCarthy, called the world's most beautiful Japanese actress, will appear Saturday night at the Hold Motor Co. salesroom at 5230 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys, at a gala festival honoring the Toyopet Crown custom sedan, compact luxury imported family automobile. Miss McCarthy has just finished making a film, 'Five Gates to Hell,' which will be released through 20th Century-Fox in September."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
McCarthy, Nobu Holt Motor Company (Los Angeles, Calif.) Toyota Jido¯sha Ko¯gyo¯ Kabushiki Kaisha Automobile dealers--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Dodge automobile Automobiles, Foreign Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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