Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Author Rupert Hughes, known for his works on George Washington, is welcomed back to Los Angeles from a trip to Washington D.C. by an actor, Emil Sorensen, dressed as the first President of the United States, who proceeded to tell him "in blunt language just what he thought of his remarks at the capital dinner." The act was organized by the Writer's Club of Hollywood of which Hughes was president at the time. Hughes went on to write three volumes about the life of George Washington, with a fourth never completed. An unidentified woman, with back to camera, speaks with both of them. Similar photograph published with the article, "Critic Meets 'Father of His Country': Undismayed Author to Put 'Revelations' Into Book Form," Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 1926: A14. Text on negative sleeve: Hughes, Rupert, author 1929 Handwritten on negative: L to R. Emil Sorensen, Rupert Hughes
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uclamss_1429_9674 ark:/21198/zz002dhsfm
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Authors--American--California--Los Angeles Actors--American--California--Los Angeles Screenwriters--California--Los Angeles Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 Sorensen, Emil
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