Mr. and Mrs. William Rains at an event for the Nine o'Clock Players, a theater group associated with the Assistance League. Mr. Rains wears a tuxedo, Mrs. Rains wears a fur stole and long gown. Another unidentified woman is visible at the right side of the photograph.
Liliore Green Palmer Rains (Mrs. William Palmer,) Lilian Wellborn Green (Mrs. Burton Edmond Green,) Miles Gray, and Burton Green Gray Bettingen in front of the Biltmore Theatre where they attended an event for the Nine o'Clock Players, a theater group associated with the Assistance League. The women wear furs and capes and jewels. Mr. Gray wears a tuxedo.
Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear captioned "Notables Don Top Hats and Evening Frocks for Nine o'Clockers' Program," Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 1935: D2.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Churchill and Lucretia Stetson at an event for the Nine o'Clock Players, a theater group associated with the Assistance League. Mrs. Stetson wears a long, black gown, while Mrs. Churchill wears a gown with flowers, plus a fur coat, as well as glasses. Mr. Churchill wears a tuxedo.
Gretchen Barraclough, Charles Chapman, Ervis Thompson, Ermaline Neuhoff, and Robert Anstead in front of the Biltmore Theatre where they attended an event for the Nine o'Clock Players, a theater group associated with the Assistance League. Three of the women wear fur coats. The men wear tuxedos.