US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Signed portrait photograph of Frank Bacon. Bacon was an American character actor and playwright who after years of relative obscurity achieved great success as he entered the twilight of his career. The 1918 play Lightnin', which Bacon co-wrote and starred in, set a Broadway record for the day of 1,291 performances and was still going strong on tour after more than 700 shows when Bacon was forced to bow out due to fatigue. His death from a heart attack followed a week later. Handwritten on negative: Frank Bacon Text from negative sleeve: Bacon, Frank. Handwritten on negative: "To my dear Friends Mr. and Mrs. John W. Duncan [?] Sincerely Frank Bacon
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3692_G248 ark:/21198/z1v75bgc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actors--American--California--Los Angeles Dramatists Bacon, Frank, 1864-1922
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