Actresses Judith Vosselli, Dorothy Short and Charlotte Treadway, Hollywood, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Actresses Judith Vosselli, Dorothy Short and Charlotte Treadway, Hollywood, 1936

Date Created

January 1, 1936

Date

1936-01-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Judith Vosselli, Dorothy Short and Charlotte Treadway stand beside each other. Judith smiles while looking into the distance and Dorothy looks at Charlotte, who appears to be mid-laugh. Various gentlemen walk up and down the halls in the background.
Cropped photograph appears with the article, "Jim Timony, Arraigned, Denies Show's Indecency," 01 Jan 1936: A8.
Vosselli, Short and Treadway were just three of the multiple cast members that were arrested for rumored risqué performances in the show "Ladies by Request" performed Monday night in the Hollywood Theater at 1743 North New Hampshire Avenue.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Shocked by the lines in "Ladies By Request," a farce comedy being staged at a Hollywood theater, police swooped down and arrested the producer and cast. Among those caught in the rain were Dorothy Short, left, and Charlotte Treadway, actresses.
Text from negative sleeve: 4394 - Charlotte Treadway Dorothy Short Judith Vosselli - Show Raid [stamped:] Jan 7 1936
Handwritten on negative: Charlotte Treadway Dorothy Short Judith Vosselli

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Vosselli, Judith, b. 1892 or 95
Short, Dorothy, 1915-1963
Treadway, Charlotte (Munier), 1895-1963

Location

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Longitude

34.103074

Latitude

-118.293426

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Actresses--American--California
Obscenity
Performances