Bob Hope and Jane Russell opened the annual Los Angeles Police Show as traditional guest artists, as Los Angeles Police Chief William Parker looked on. The musical extravaganza featured stars of stage, screen, radio, and television participants. A near capacity crowd of 5,000 persons watched the opening night show that has become one of the city's greatest entertainment spectacles. Photo dated: May 3, 1952.
Parker, William H.--(William Henry),--1902-1966 Hope, Bob,--1903-2003 Russell, Jane,--1921-2011 Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.) Police chiefs--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America
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