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. Left to right: Jeanne Vaillancourt, Marjorie May, and Virginia Chatterton. The women are outside on a patio. Vaillaincourt is seated in a wicker chair, May is standing in the middle, and Chatterton sits on the arm of another wicker chair. Vaillaincourt and Chatterton are looking at each other while May looks at the camera. All three hold masks of famous actresses: Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, and Zasu Pitts, respectively. Virginia Chatterton became Virginia R. Abeel in 1939. This photograph appears in "Greek-Letter Girls to be Film Stars," Los Angeles Times, 03 May 1936: D6. Text accompanying photograph in newspaper: Jean Vaillaincourt, with a masque of Greta Garbo; Marjorie May with a masque of Jean Harlow, and Virginia Chatterton, with a Zasu Pitts replica, are Chi Alpha Epsilon sisters who plan a novel benefit bride-tea and fashion show at the Flintridge Country Club next Saturday. The Pasadenans will impersonate film stars with their varied masques. All for charity. Jean Kentle photo. Handwritten on negative sleeve: 5104. Jean Vaillaincourt (w/ mask of Greta Garbo); Marjorie May (w/ Jean Harlow mask); Virginia Chatterton (w/ Zasu Pitts mask). Society. Pasadena Chi Alpha Epsilon sisters in benefit (impersonating film stars) [stamped:] May 1 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14209 ark:/21198/zz002j7rh7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Masks Women--Clothing & dress--United States--1930-1940 Socialites--California--Pasadena Charitable organizations--California--Pasadena Fraternities & sororities--California--Los Angeles County May, Marjorie D., 1918-1997 Vaillancourt, Jeanne, $d. b. 1921 Chatterton, Virginia (Virginia R.), 1920- Chi Alpha Epsilon of Pasadena
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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