Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan hold Vivian's daughter, Evelyn, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan hold Vivian's daughter, Evelyn, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

August 31, 1935

Date

1935-08-31

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article, "'Heavenly Twins' Still Smiling: Duncan Sisters Return, Denying New Romances," Los Angeles Times, 1 Sept. 1935: 5.
In 1935 the sisters, who had gained success in film and theater starring as the characters Eva and Topsy (a role which Rosetta played in blackface) were attempting to make a comeback after various personal and financial troubles.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: L to R Vivian + Evelyn + Rosetta Duncan 8-31-35
Text from negative sleeve: 1964 - Vivian + Rosetta Duncan + Vivian's daughter Rosetta [sic.] 8-31-35. [Stamped:] Sep 4 1935.
Text from newspaper caption: The Heavenly Twins were back in Los Angeles yesterday, cheerful as ever. Left to right, they are Vivian Duncan, who plays the perennial Eva, her daughter, Evelyn, and Rosetta Duncan, portrayer of Topsy.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Group portraits

Names

Asther, Evelyn Rosetta, 1931-2013
Duncan, Rosetta, 1900-1959
Duncan Sisters
Duncan, Vivian, 1902-1986

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Sisters--American--California--Los Angeles