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Description
1 image. Arrival, 19 October 1951. Stepin Fetchit, age 53, with his bride Bernice Sims, 38. (Handout). Supplementary material reads: "Release by Jay Faggen Organization, 8440 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, California, HUdson 2-2329. Photo with caption: October 19: Stepin Fetchit, 53 years old, and his bride, Bernice Sims, 38 years old, returned to Hollywood via American Airlines from Tulsa, Oklahoma, today, where they were married last Monday at the St. Monica Church. Officiating at the ceremony was Father Patrick Bradley. Father Bradley discovered, financed and guided Stepin Fetchit to picture stardom in 1928. Bernice Sims is an active church woman in Tulsa. The couple will reside in Hollywood".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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