Image / Director Roland West and Actress ZaSu Pitts, circa 1935

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Title: Director Roland West and Actress ZaSu Pitts, circa 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1935]
1935/1936
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Possibly taken in relation to the investigation of actress Thelma Todd's death in December 1935. Todd's body was found in West's home where she was residing. Todd was a former co-star and close friend with Pitts and lover to West.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Pitts, Zasu [sic]; Woodall, John E.; West, Roland
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Roland West, Za Su Pitts [sic], 12546
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002552v9
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Motion picture producers & directors--American--California--Los Angeles
People
Entertainment
Arts
Actresses--American--California
West, Roland, 1885-1952
Pitts, ZaSu, 1898-1963
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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