Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. The 12th Academy Awards was held at a banquet in the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel on February 29, 1940. Photograph caption dated March 1, 1940 reads "Exotically gowned in satin and velvet, Hedy Lamarr is shown arriving at the banquet with her husband, Gene Markey. Guests at the gala affair paid $25 and $10."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Lamarr, Hedy,--1913-2000 Markey, Gene,--1895-1980 Ambassador Hotel Cocoanut Grove (Los Angeles, Calif.) Academy Awards (Motion pictures) Awards--California--Los Angeles Banquets--California--Los Angeles Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles Hotels--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Motion picture producers and directors--United States Screenwriters--United States Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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