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Vittorio Mussolini arrives at Union Air Terminal from Rome and is greeted by his host, producer Hal Roach, and the press, Los Angeles, September 25, 1937

Description:
Vittorio Mussolini (at microphone right), Italian film critic, producer and son of dictator Benito Mussolini, is greeted by the press upon his arrival at Union Air Terminal. Mussolini is spending about two weeks in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter to study motion-picture manufacture in Culver City and visit friends in Hollywood and Beverly Hills. His host for the visit is film producer Hal Roach (at microphone left). Police expected a protest or demonstration from anti-Fascists at the arrival, but none occurred
Date:
September 25, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Vittorio Mussolini arrives at Union Air Terminal from Rome and is greeted by his host, producer Hal Roach, and the press, Los Angeles, September 25, 1937

Trumpet player entertains the theater audience on opening night of the opera at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Description:
Trumpet player entertains the theater audience on opening night of the opera at Shrine Auditorium. The show was a San Francisco Opera Association production of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde), starring Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, accompanied by the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Date:
November 15, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Trumpet player entertains the theater audience on opening night of the opera at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Springboard diver Marjorie Gestring leaping from the board in front of a crowd of spectators, Los Angeles

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Springboard diver Marjorie Gestring leaping from the board in front of stands of spectators. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Gestring won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving. She was 13 years old at the time and was the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal. Gestring was a native Los Angeleno
Date:
[between 1930-1945?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Springboard diver Marjorie Gestring leaping from the board in front of a crowd of spectators, Los Angeles

People gather outside Shrine Auditorium for a performance of Tristan and Isolde on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Description:
People gather outside Shrine Auditorium for a San Francisco Opera Association performance of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) on opening night of the opera. Star of the show was Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, along with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Date:
November 15, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
People gather outside Shrine Auditorium for a performance of Tristan and Isolde on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Newspaper clipping featuring Mata Hari, an exotic dancer, courtesan and alleged spy, Los Angeles

Description:
Newspaper clipping from the N. Y. Evening Graphic featuring a picture of Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was accused of being a spy for Germany during World War I. Because of this charge, she was executed in France on October 15, 1917. Review of official case documents in 1985 revealed that Mata Hari was most likely innocent. Mata Hari was the stage name for Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle
Date:
[between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Newspaper clipping featuring Mata Hari, an exotic dancer, courtesan and alleged spy, Los Angeles

Member of the stage crew manages the lighting in Shrine Auditorium on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Description:
A member of the stage crew manages the stage lighting in Shrine Auditorium on opening night of the opera. The show was a San Francisco Opera Association production of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) and starred Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, accompanied by the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Date:
November 15, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Member of the stage crew manages the lighting in Shrine Auditorium on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures, Jesse L. Lasky, with older woman.

Description:
Famous and influential motion picture producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures, Jesse L. Lasky, photographed with an older woman, possibly his mother Sarah.Jesse Louis Lasky was born in San Francisco, California in 1880. He began a career as a vaudeville performer in his 20s, which led him to business in Hollywood. In 1913, he founded the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, with his sister's husband Samuel Goldwyn and close friend Cecil B. DeMille. This company later joined with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company to release films as Paramount Pictures.
Date:
1930s?
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures, Jesse L. Lasky, with older woman.