Western Union messengers, Maury Warner and Leslie Winton sing carols to Dorothy Lamour, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938

Item Overview

Title

Western Union messengers, Maury Warner and Leslie Winton sing carols to Dorothy Lamour, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938

Photographer

Jakobsen, Robert Anders, 1915-1970

Date Created

[circa December, 1938]

Date

1938-12

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

At center, actress Dorothy Lamour sits on a set. She is dressed in white and faces slightly left. Behind and to either side of her, 2 Western Union messengers stand and serenade her. Maury Warner stands at left. While he sings, he holds a telegram in front of Dorothy Lamour. The arm of a stage light stretches above him and its canister hangs to the right of him. Leslie Winton stands along the right edge and sings as well.
Similar photograph appears in the photo spread, “’Call a Messenger!,’” Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8
A nearly identical photograph appears with the caption, "’Rush messengers Maury Warner and Leslie Winton to studio-- sing Christmas carols to Dorothy Lamour with greetings from --- ,’" Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Western Union Telegraph Company
Winton, Leslie
Warner, Maury
Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Messengers--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Singing--California--Los Angeles
Serenading--California--Los Angeles
Sets (Architectural elements)--California--Los Angeles