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Description:: Lucille S. King, actress and ventriloquist, stands before a desk, holding a book in her hands. She is dressed in a Victorian style dress with embroidery and wears a hat. Other books are visible next to her.
Date:: September 20, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Los Angeles Civic Grand Opera production of “Il Trovatore,” Act 1, Scene 2. Leonora, portrayed by Barbara Patton, sings at center stage with Manrico (Tandy MacKenzie wearing a plumed helmet) and the Count di Luna (Enrico Porta). The setting is a walled palace garden with trees and a bench. Musicians with instruments are viewed in the orchestra pit at foreground. Opera performed at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles.
Date:: April 22, 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photograph of a young male seated at a piano. He looks toward the camera while playing the keys. Sheet music rest on the rack in front of him. Written on cover at left: "Granada. Agustín Lara. For Piano." Written on cover at right: "Intermezzo...the David O. Selznic Production Intermezzo...Ingrid Bergman, Leslie Howard. Music by Heinz Provost...Edward Schuberth & Co. Inc., New York, N.Y." The book partially obscures an open book of sheet music. Photographed in a residence, probably in Santa Monica.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photograph of a young male seated at a piano. He reads the sheet music placed on the rack in front of him while playing the keys. Written on the cover of sheet music at left: "Granada. Agustín Lara. For Piano." The open book is turned to “To Love Again,” music from “The Eddy Duchin Story.” Photographed in a residence, probably in Santa Monica.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Santa Monica Civic Opera performance of “Cavalleria Rusticana.” Cast members wearing Italian peasant costumes are gathered center stage while Alfio (portrayed by Enrico Porta) stands to the fore of the group, holding a whip. The setting is a 19th century Sicilian village. Painted backdrops and sets depict stone and brick architecture surrounding a village square. At opposing ends of the stage are a cantina and a church. Beyond the stage, musicians can be seen in the orchestra pit, while audience members are viewed at foreground. Opera performed at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
Date:: May 11, 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Young woman dancing in flowered pareo skirt and halter, barefoot, with flower headdress, on Indian-style drum, holding feathered maracas, indoors with wall in background, with 2 hanging leis. The photograph was taken at the home of Adelbert Bartlett, located at 535 15th St., Santa Monica.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, stands on the right holding a dummy, while two child actresses pose in doll like stances. A boy playing a pipe organ stands to the left. Another boy holding an accordion stands onthe far left, only partially visible. Also seen are various pieces of furniture and dolls.
Date:: September 20, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Four opera singers from a Santa Monica civic Opera production of “Cavalleria Rusticana,” in costume, posed in front of a stage set. Second from left: Florence Timmerhoff as Lola; far right, Enrico Porta as Alfio. Unidentified players portray Mamma Lucia and Turrido. Photographed at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
Date:: May 11, 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Opera singers performing in a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of “Pagliacci.” The stage is filled with cast members in peasant costumes, as performers portraying Canio/ Pagliacci (in clown costume) and Canio’s wife Nedda ride onstage on a horse drawn wagon. The setting is a 19th century Calabrian village. With rolling hills and trees painted on a backdrop. To the fore stands a secondary stage resembling a Greek temple. Drawn curtains shield the interior from view. A banner painted with “I Pagliacci” is attached to the pediment. Beyond the stage, musicians can be viewed in the orchestra pit at foreground. Opera performed at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
Date:: 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Santa Monica Civic Opera performance of “Cavalleria Rusticana.” The cast members, dressed as villagers, take up the entire stage. The setting is a 19th century Sicilian village. Painted backdrops and sets depict stone and brick architecture surrounding a village square. At opposing ends of the stage are a cantina and a church (where a priest stands at the doorway). Beyond the stage, musicians can be seen in the orchestra pit, while audience members are viewed at foreground. Opera performed at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
Date:: May 11, 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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