Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Phyllis Liga ran away from her home in 490 East One Hundred and Eighty-second street, New York, to pursue the glamor of Hollywood and her fascination with actor Franchot Tone. She was apprehended by police and her parents succinctly notified. A smaller version of this photograph appears with article, "Hollywood Trip Fails," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 1936: A1 Handwritten on negative: Phyllis Liga (12) Text from newspaper caption: Phyllis Liga [Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 1936: A1] Text from negative sleeve: 3399 - Phyllis Liga came to LA s/c obsessed w/actor Franchot Tone (N.Y. Runaway Girl) 1/2/36 [stamped:] Jan 29 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12388 ark:/21198/zz002h8f47
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Runaway children--California--Los Angeles Liga, Phyllis, b. 1924
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