Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Aunt Sunway's Dinner Party was a promotional contest sponsored by the Los Angeles times, in which contestants submit what they think is the best seating arrangement for Martha "Aunt" Sunway's eight dinner guests, based on information about her and her guests in a 31-page booklet. The prizes were worth a total of $12,000, and a model home designed by architects H. Roy Kelley, Edgar F. Bissantz, and Harold G. Spielman was awarded as First Judges of the Los Angeles Times sponsored contest "Aunt Sunway's Dinner Party" after choosing the solution to the problem. Judges are Mrs. Leafie Sloan-Orcutt, socialite, club leader and art patron, Dr. J. W. Todd, psychology professor at the University of Southern California and Miss. Jeanie MacPherson, screenwriter for Cecil B. DeMille. They are holding up the booklets titled, "Aunt Sunway's Dinner Party." Related to the article, "Judges Choose Solution in Aunt Sunway Contest," Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 1935: A2. Text from newspaper caption: Aunt Sunway Context Judges Begin Task. With the knowledge that the distribution of $12,000 in prizes hung on their decision, the official judges in Aunt Sunway's Dinner Party Contest convened yesterday for the purpose of deciding the most tactful seating arrangement of the eight fiction characters around whom the recent Times contest revolved. The judges are prominent socially and as a clubwoman: Dr. J. W. Todd, professor of psychology, University of Southern California; Jeanie Macpherson, scenarist for Cecil B. De Mille and author of "The Ten COmmandments" and "The King of Kings." Handwritten on negative: [top] Dr. J. W. Todd; [right] Miss. Jeanie Macpherson; [left] Mrs. Sloan-Orcutt Text from negative sleeve: 1567- Aug 14, 1935; L to R - Mrs. Sloan-Orcutt, Dr. J. W. Todd, Miss Jeanie Macpherson; Sunway Contest Judges
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uclamss_1429_9910 ark:/21198/zz002dj2k0
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Socialites--California--Los Angeles Screenwriters--California--Los Angeles Contests--California--Los Angeles Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles Teachers--California--Los Angeles Orcutt, Leafie Sloan, 1865-1955 MacPherson, Jeanie, -1946 Todd, John Welhoff, 1880-1963
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