Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Actor James Guilfoyle and an unidentified actress, both in blackface. Guilfoyle was appearing 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. Text from negative sleeve: James Guilfoyle... (P.W.A [sic] Theatre - Mason Theatre). 4/21/36 Handwritten on negative: James Guilfoyle
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14254 ark:/21198/zz002j7t2g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles Blackface entertainers--California--Los Angeles Actors--American--California--Los Angeles Guilfoyle, James, 1892-1964 Mason Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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