Cowboy film extras Joe Phillips and Harry Willingham at hearing of Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, charged with the murder of Johnny Tyke in Gower Gulch, Los Angeles, February 27, 1940

Item Overview

Title

Cowboy film extras Joe Phillips and Harry Willingham at hearing of Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, charged with the murder of Johnny Tyke in Gower Gulch, Los Angeles, February 27, 1940

Date Created

February 27, 1940

Date

1940-02-27

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Cowboy extras Joe Phillips and Harry Willingham at an inquest for Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, who is charged with the murder of Johnny Tyke in “Gower Gulch.” Gower Gulch is the name given to the area near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street where film extras hang out waiting for work; many of the nearby studios produce westerns so often actual working cowboys come here to break into the film business. Allegedly, Blackjack shot Tyke with a .45, but many of the hundreds of Gower Gulch extras who came to the inquest testified that Tyke had started the fight and was “doped up” at the time.

Caption

Text from original nitrate sleeve: "Gower Gulch" crowd at hearing of Jerome (Blackjack) Ward; Driscoll, Tex; King, Jack; Cord, Bob; Adams, Doc; Phillips, Joe; Willingham, Harry
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Joe Phillips & Harry Willingham

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Willingham, Harry, 1881-1943
Phillips, Joe

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Investigation--California--Los Angeles
Entertainment
Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles
Cowboys--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Legal