Jeanne Vaillancourt, Marjorie May, and Virginia Chatterton, members of Chi Alpha Epsilon of Pasadena, Pasadena, 1936

Title: Jeanne Vaillancourt, Marjorie May, and Virginia Chatterton, members of Chi Alpha Epsilon of Pasadena, Pasadena, 1936
Photographer: Kentle, Jean
Date Created: [circa May 1, 1936]
Date: 1936-05-01
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Left to right: Jeanne Vaillancourt, Marjorie May, and Virginia Chatterton. The women are outside on a patio. Vaillaincourt is seated in a wicker chair, May is standing in the middle, and Chatterton sits on the arm of another wicker chair. Vaillaincourt and Chatterton are looking at each other while May looks at the camera. All three hold masks of famous actresses: Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, and Zasu Pitts, respectively.
Virginia Chatterton became Virginia R. Abeel in 1939.
This photograph appears in "Greek-Letter Girls to be Film Stars," Los Angeles Times, 03 May 1936: D6.
Caption: Text accompanying photograph in newspaper: Jean Vaillaincourt, with a masque of Greta Garbo; Marjorie May with a masque of Jean Harlow, and Virginia Chatterton, with a Zasu Pitts replica, are Chi Alpha Epsilon sisters who plan a novel benefit bride-tea and fashion show at the Flintridge Country Club next Saturday. The Pasadenans will impersonate film stars with their varied masques. All for charity. Jean Kentle photo.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 5104. Jean Vaillaincourt (w/ mask of Greta Garbo); Marjorie May (w/ Jean Harlow mask); Virginia Chatterton (w/ Zasu Pitts mask). Society. Pasadena Chi Alpha Epsilon sisters in benefit (impersonating film stars) [stamped:] May 1 1936

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: May, Marjorie D., 1918-1997
Vaillancourt, Jeanne, $d. b. 1921
Chatterton, Virginia (Virginia R.), 1920-
Chi Alpha Epsilon of Pasadena
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Masks
Women--Clothing & dress--United States--1930-1940
Socialites--California--Pasadena
Charitable organizations--California--Pasadena
Fraternities & sororities--California--Los Angeles County

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14209
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7rh7
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