Image / Gail Russel (Auto crashes into restaurant--Beverly Boulevard and Croft Avenue), 1957

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Title: Gail Russel (Auto crashes into restaurant--Beverly Boulevard and Croft Avenue), 1957
Creator: Wesselmann
Date Created and/or Issued: 1957-07-04
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information: Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description: 4 images. Gail Russel (Auto crashes into restaurant -- Beverly Boulevard and Croft Avenue), 4 July 1957. Gail Russel
Officer C.H. Specht
Officer H.A. Wharmby
Car in broken window
Arlie Bahr (nurse)
Robert Reynolds (porter injured)
Jerry Reichman - 23 years (student aided Miss Russell)..
Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Wesselmann. Date: 1957-07-04. Reporter: Decker. Assignment: Gail Russel arrested - flunks drunk test, cries. 7: When police Sgt. C.H. Specht requested actress Gail Russell to extend her arms in a balance test for drunkenness, she declined. Said, "I'd rather dance!" But, she extended her arms as requested and came up with a disappointed expression as she realized she couldn't balance. Then, when Sgt. Specht asked her to put her finger on her nose, she put her finger on his nose and said "You're cute." 2: Policeman H.A. Wharmby started with her to a police car and Gail broke down and cried. 16: Gail sits in the police car on way to jail and listens to Policeman G.L. Williams report their position by radio. 8: Shows Gail Russell's car in Janns Restaurant window on Beverly Blvd. near Croft. 11: Robert Reynolds, porter, was treated at Hollywood Rec. Hosp. for leg injuries. Russell's car hit him as he was cleaning. 1: Jerry Reichman, 23, student passing by, aided Miss Russell and the colored porter."
Type: image
Format: 4 photographs : negatives, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier: examiner-m19706
EXM-N-12166-022~1...~4
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m19706
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-N-12166-022~1.jpg
Time Period: 1957-07-04
Place: Beverly Boulevard and Croft Avenue
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source: 12166-022 [Sleeve Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation: Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
examiner-m1663

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