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Title
Andrew Schwarzman is apprehended for disturbing the peace, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
April 14, 1936
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
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.
Writer Andrew Schwarzman was found guilty of disturbing the peace after standing outside of Cecil De Mille's dining room window and singing so loudly he forced De Mille and his guests to leave the room.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Song Held Disturbing," Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr 1936: A1.
Schwarzman grins from behind the bars that he has been placed in.
Text from negative sleeve: 4762 - Andrew Schwarzman Disturbing Peace (writer - sang under Demille's window) 4-10-36 [stamped:] Apr 14 1936
Handwritten on negative: Andrew Schwarzman
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13960
ark:/21198/zz002j7fx3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Singing--California--Los Angeles
Crimes--California--Los Angeles
Schwarzman, Andrew, b. 1904 or 05
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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