Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan poase with Vivian's daughter, Evelyn, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan poase with Vivian's daughter, Evelyn, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

August 31, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

In 1935 the sisters, who had gained success in film and theater starring as the characters Eva and Topsy (a role which Rosetta played in blackface) were attempting to make a comeback after various personal and financial troubles.
Vivian Duncan and Rosetta Duncan, known as both the Duncan Sisters and the Heavenly Twins, pose with Vivian's daughter Evelyn as she performs an arabesque. Vivian wears a striped scarf and suit, while Rosetta wears fur.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "'Heavenly Twins' Still Smiling: Duncan Sisters Return, Denying New Romances," Los Angeles Times, 1 Sept. 1935: 5.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1964 - Vivian + Rosetta Duncan + Vivian's daughter Rosetta [sic.] 8-31-35. [Stamped:] Sep 4 1935.
Handwritten on negative: L to R Vivian + Rosetta Duncan + Vivian's daughter Evelyn, center

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Sisters--American--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles

Names

Asther, Evelyn Rosetta, 1931-2013
Duncan, Rosetta, 1900-1959
Duncan, Vivian, 1902-1986
Duncan Sisters

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image