Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born silent film actress, famously known as "America's sweetheart," co-founder of American Artists film studio, and one of the original founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Buddy Rogers was an actor and a jazz musician. Photograph caption dated January 28, 1943 reads "Mary Pickford, 'America's sweetheart' of the silent days, attended the premiere with her husband, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, who gave up his career as a band leader to go into the service. He is shown here in his uniform, that of a lieutenant in the United States Navy." The premiere of Noel Coward's "In Which We Serve" was held at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
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Pickford, Mary,--1892-1979 Rogers, Buddy,--1904-1999 Carthay Circle Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.) Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Couples--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Jazz musicians--United States Audiences--California--Los Angeles Motion picture premieres--California--Carthay (Los Angeles) Motion picture theaters--California--Carthay (Los Angeles) Carthay (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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