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Title
Henry Hall and another unidentified actor at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
April 21, 1936
1936-04-21
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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Stage and screen actor Henry Hall (left) with another unidentified actor. Hall was playing the character Salem Scudder in a revival of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon. It is likely that this photograph was taken at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theatre Project.
Related to: “Boucicault's 'Octoroon' Revived at Mason Theater,” Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 1936: 9.
Handwritten on negative: Henry Hall.
Text from negative sleeve: Henry Hall... (P.W.A [sic] Theatre - Mason Theatre). 4/21/36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14250
ark:/21198/zz002j7sxx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actors--American--California--Los Angeles
Hall, Henry, 1876-1954
Mason Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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