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Newspaper advertisement for the "Grand Studio Ball & Movie Classic," produced by Clarence Muse, 1938

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Title: Newspaper advertisement for the "Grand Studio Ball & Movie Classic," produced by Clarence Muse, 1938
Alternative Title: Clarence Muse, actor, screenwriter, director, and composer
Date Created and/or Issued: July 1938
1938-07
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Advertisement in the California Eagle newspaper for the Grand Studio Ball & Movie Classic with a photograph of Clarence Muse. The event was produced by Muse, and held on July 21, 1938 at the Elks Building located at 4016 So. Central Avenue.
Clarence Muse was an African American vaudevillian, actor, singer, screenwriter, director, composer, and lawyer. Muse was the first African American to "star" in a film. He acted for more than sixty years, and appeared in more than 200 movies.
Written on back of photo: Clarence Muse, producer, director, actor.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b22_f06_002a.tif
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Subject: African American comedians
African American actors
Motion picture producers and directors
Muse, Clarence
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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