US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Judith Vosselli, Dorothy Short and Charlotte Treadway stand beside each other. Judith smiles while looking into the distance and Dorothy looks at Charlotte, who appears to be mid-laugh. Various gentlemen walk up and down the halls in the background. Cropped photograph appears with the article, "Jim Timony, Arraigned, Denies Show's Indecency," 01 Jan 1936: A8. Vosselli, Short and Treadway were just three of the multiple cast members that were arrested for rumored risqué performances in the show "Ladies by Request" performed Monday night in the Hollywood Theater at 1743 North New Hampshire Avenue. Text from newspaper caption: Shocked by the lines in "Ladies By Request," a farce comedy being staged at a Hollywood theater, police swooped down and arrested the producer and cast. Among those caught in the rain were Dorothy Short, left, and Charlotte Treadway, actresses. Text from negative sleeve: 4394 - Charlotte Treadway Dorothy Short Judith Vosselli - Show Raid [stamped:] Jan 7 1936 Handwritten on negative: Charlotte Treadway Dorothy Short Judith Vosselli
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13560 ark:/21198/zz002hns9k
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actresses--American--California Obscenity Performances Vosselli, Judith, b. 1892 or 95 Short, Dorothy, 1915-1963 Treadway, Charlotte (Munier), 1895-1963
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