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. "The Drunkard" is scheduled to beat the world's longest play record at 283 consecutive weeks plus one day. "Abie's Irish Rose" ran 283 weeks for the past 11 years. Similar photograph appears with the article, "'Drunkard' to Set New Play Record," Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec 1938: C1. The cast gathered on two tiers of the stage dressed in costumes modeled after attire in the 1850s Merwin Lucas, Jeffrey Williams, Larry Grenier, Nestor Paiva, Lois Hunt, Sam Ethridge, Zan Joyce, Tom Miller, Helen Westcott, Jan Duggan, Mary Tock, George Stuart, Ada Lilly, and Karl Thomas. The Theater Mart was located at 600 No. Vermont Ave. Text from negative sleeve: 15305 ? (cast of "The Drunkard," long running production @ Theater Mart by Galt Bell of PT Barnum's melodrama - 2000th performance in 12/38)?
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14727 ark:/21198/zz002j8cc9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
World records--California--Los Angeles Stages (Platforms) Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles Costumes--American Actors--American--California--Los Angeles Group portraits Smith, W. H. (William Henry), 1806-1872. The Drunkard Hunt, Lois, b. 1907 or 08 Ethridge, Sam Westcott, Helen, 1928-1998 Joyce, Zan Lilly, Ada Miller, Tom Theater Mart (Los Angeles CA) Thomas, Karl Tock, Mary Duggan, Jan, 1881-1977 Stuart, George Grenier, Laurence, 1906-1978 Paiva, Nestor, 1905-1966 Williams, Jeffrey, b. 1861 or 66 Lucas, Merwin, 1925-1999
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