Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "'Heavenly Twins' Still Smiling: Duncan Sisters Return, Denying New Romances," Los Angeles Times, 1 Sept. 1935: 5. In 1935 the sisters, who had gained success in film and theater starring as the characters Eva and Topsy (a role which Rosetta played in blackface) were attempting to make a comeback after various personal and financial troubles. Handwritten on negative: L to R Vivian + Evelyn + Rosetta Duncan 8-31-35 Text from negative sleeve: 1964 - Vivian + Rosetta Duncan + Vivian's daughter Rosetta [sic.] 8-31-35. [Stamped:] Sep 4 1935. Text from newspaper caption: The Heavenly Twins were back in Los Angeles yesterday, cheerful as ever. Left to right, they are Vivian Duncan, who plays the perennial Eva, her daughter, Evelyn, and Rosetta Duncan, portrayer of Topsy.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8305 ark:/21198/zz002dg57c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles Sisters--American--California--Los Angeles Asther, Evelyn Rosetta, 1931-2013 Duncan, Rosetta, 1900-1959 Duncan Sisters Duncan, Vivian, 1902-1986
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