Author Ruper Hughes with Emil Sorensen posing as George Washington, and an unidentified woman, Los Angeles, 1926

Item Overview

Title

Author Ruper Hughes with Emil Sorensen posing as George Washington, and an unidentified woman, Los Angeles, 1926

Date Created

March 18, 1926

Date

1926-03-18

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Similar photograph published with the article, "Critic Meets 'Father of His Country': Undismayed Author to Put 'Revelations' Into Book Form," Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 1926: A14.
Author Rupert Hughes, known for his works on George Washington, is welcomed back to Los Angeles from a trip to Washington D.C. by an actor, Emil Sorensen, dressed as the first President of the United States, who proceeded to tell him "in blunt language just what he thought of his remarks at the capital dinner." The act was organized by the Writer's Club of Hollywood of which Hughes was president at the time. Hughes went on to write three volumes about the life of George Washington, with a fourth never completed. An unidentified woman, with back to camera, speaks with both of them.

Caption

Text on negative sleeve: Hughes, Rupert, author 1929
Handwritten on negative: L to R. Emil Sorensen, Rupert Hughes

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956
Sorensen, Emil

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Actors--American--California--Los Angeles
Screenwriters--California--Los Angeles
Authors--American--California--Los Angeles