Title supplied by cataloger. 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 American actor and jazz musician. Photograph caption dated December 21, 1936 reads "Willie Tevis, San Francisco socialite and poloist, greeting Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers at the beginning of the Buddy Rogers tournament which is now in progress at Riviera Country Club. Tevis pilots his own plane down to the games at Riviera each weekend he plays here."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 18 cm. Photographic prints
Pickford, Mary,--1892-1979 Rogers, Buddy,--1904-1999 Riviera Country Club (Los Angeles, Calif.) Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Couples--California--Los Angeles Jazz musicians--United States Polo--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Lawns--California--Los Angeles Country clubs--California--Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles) Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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