Johnstone White, Ron Steele, Jack Gardner and Hunt Atkins perform a scene from the comedy "Ladies by Request", Los Angeles, circa 1936

Item Overview

Title

Johnstone White, Ron Steele, Jack Gardner and Hunt Atkins perform a scene from the comedy "Ladies by Request", Los Angeles, circa 1936

Date Created

[circa January 1936]

Date

1936-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Possibly related to the article, "Vice Raiders Pounce on Hollywood Farce: JIM TIMONY, ARRAIGNED, DENIES SHOW'S INDECENCY," Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 1936: A8
Actors Johnstone White, Ron Steele, Jack Gardner and Hunt Atkins perform a scene from the stage comedy, "Ladies by Request." Two of the actors (Johnstone White and Hunt Atkins) cross-dress as women. They stand along the edges as they grapple with their fellow actors (Ron Steele and Jack Gardner), who stand between them.

Caption

Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 3641-- Johnstone White - Ron Steele, Jack Gardner, Hunt Atkinson [sic] Show Raid [stamped:] FEB 13 1936
Handwritten on negative: Johnstone White - Ron Steele - Jack Gardner - Hunt Atkinson [sic]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Steele, Ron
White, Johnstone, 1892-1969
Gardner, Jack, 1902-1977
Atkins, Hunt, (Actor)

Location

Los Feliz (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Comedies
Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles
Actors--American--California--Los Angeles
Impersonation--California--Los Angeles
Cross dressing--California--Los Angeles