Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Andrew Schwarzmann (or Andrew Schwarzman) sits in a three piece suit, photographed from the waist up. Behind him are bars against a solid structure, no openings. Schwarzman was brought in later that year for disturbing the peace outside De Mille's window (see Music No Balm to Hearers, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr 1936: A1) and eventually judged insane and committed to Patton State Hospital April 27, 1936. He escaped several years later in May 1940. He confronted De Mille again in Chicago in late 1940. From "Writer Sent to Asylum," Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr 1936: A2, "Maniac Seeks De Mille's Life," 19 May 1940: A1, and "Cecil B. De Mille Accosted by Former Writer in Chicago," Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov 1940: A1. Name also appears in the Los Angeles Times as Andrew Schwarzman. Handwritten on negative sleeve: 4343. Andrew Schwarzmann. -actor -arrested for sending threatening letters to DeMille & placed in institution (escaped in 1941 & threatening to kill DeMille) DeMille--Xtortion [stamped:] Jan 7 1936 Handwritten on negative: Andrew Schwarzmann
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13507 ark:/21198/zz002hnqfp
Subject
Crimes--California--Los Angeles Extortion--California--Los Angeles Mentally ill offenders--California--Los Angeles County Actors--American--California--Los Angeles Threats Schwarzman, Andrew, b. 1904 or 05
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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