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Title
Protest against "Dressed to Kill" at the Hollywood Pacific Theater staged by Women Against Violence Against Women, Hollywood, 1980
Date Created and/or Issued
August 16, 1980
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
This photograph is similar to another captioned "Protesters in march against 'reel violence'." Los Angeles Times, Aug. 18, 1980: G4.
Hollywood Pacific Theatre; Warner Hollywood Theatre; Warner Cinerama
Text from negative sleeve: About 50 people take part in a demonstration in front of the Hollywood Pacific Theater on Hollywood Boulevard staged by the group Women Against Violence Against Women. The organization is protesting the movie "Dressed to Kill" and other motion pictures it says involve violence against women.
Text from negative sleeve: Violence Against Women protest
Text from negative sleeve: Women against Violence against Women staged a demonstration in front of the Hollywood Pacific Theater on Hollywood Blvd. About fifty people were there. They were protesting the movie "Dressed to Kill" and other movie[s] with violence against women.
Type
Image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
C1429_b1183_292848-2_31A_Protest_081680
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Language
English
Subject
Violence--California--Los Angeles
Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Motion pictures
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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