Actor Clarence Muse with his wife, Willabelle, and son, Dion, Los Angeles, 1940s

Title: Actor Clarence Muse with his wife, Willabelle, and son, Dion, Los Angeles, 1940s
Date Created: [1940s?]
Date: 1940/1948
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Summary: Clarence Muse was an African American vaudevillian, actor, screenwriter, director, composer, and lawyer. Muse was the first African American to "star" in a film. He acted for more than sixty years, and appeared in more than 150 movies.
Description: L to R: Clarence Muse, wife, son.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Willabelle Verble and Clarence Muse were married from 1925 to 1948, when they divorced.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 3
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ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025p9qb
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