Andrew Schwarzman is apprehended for disturbing the peace, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Andrew Schwarzman is apprehended for disturbing the peace, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

April 14, 1936

Date

1936-04-14

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Name also appears in Los Angeles Times as Andrew Schwarzmann.
Schwarzman was judged insane and committed to Patton State Hospital April 27, 1936, where he later escaped in May 1940. He confronted De Mille again in Chicago in late 1940. From "Writer Sent to Asylum," Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr 1936: A2, "Maniac Seeks De Mille's Life," 19 May 1940: A1, and "Cecil B. De Mille Accosted by Former Writer in Chicago," Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov 1940: A1.
Writer Andrew Schwarzman (or Andrew Schwarzmann) was found guilty of disturbing the peace after standing outside of Cecil De Mille's dining room window and singing so loudly he forced De Mille and his guests to leave the room.
Schwarzman grins from behind the bars that he has been placed in.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Song Held Disturbing," Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr 1936: A1.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Andrew Schwarzman
Text from negative sleeve: 4762 - Andrew Schwarzman Disturbing Peace (writer - sang under Demille's window) 4-10-36 [stamped:] Apr 14 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Schwarzman, Andrew, b. 1904 or 05

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Mentally ill offenders--California--Los Angeles County
Crimes--California--Los Angeles
Actors--American--California--Los Angeles
Singing--California--Los Angeles