Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. At center, actress Dorothy Lamour sits on a set. She is dressed in white and faces slightly left. Behind and to either side of her, 2 Western Union messengers stand and serenade her. Maury Warner stands at left. While he sings, he holds a telegram in front of Dorothy Lamour. The arm of a stage light stretches above him and its canister hangs to the right of him. Leslie Winton stands along the right edge and sings as well. Similar photograph appears in the photo spread, “’Call a Messenger!,’” Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8 A nearly identical photograph appears with the caption, "’Rush messengers Maury Warner and Leslie Winton to studio-- sing Christmas carols to Dorothy Lamour with greetings from --- ,’" Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14844 ark:/21198/zz002j8hdr
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No linguistic content
Subject
Messengers--California--Los Angeles Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles Singing--California--Los Angeles Serenading--California--Los Angeles Sets (Architectural elements)--California--Los Angeles Western Union Telegraph Company Winton, Leslie Warner, Maury Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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