Cast of "The Drunkard," Los Angeles, 1938

Item Overview

Title

Cast of "The Drunkard," Los Angeles, 1938

Date Created

December 1938

Date

1938-12

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

"The Drunkard" is scheduled to beat the world's longest play record at 283 consecutive weeks plus one day. "Abie's Irish Rose" ran 283 weeks for the past 11 years.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "'Drunkard' to Set New Play Record," Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec 1938: C1.
The cast gathered on two tiers of the stage dressed in costumes modeled after attire in the 1850s Merwin Lucas, Jeffrey Williams, Larry Grenier, Nestor Paiva, Lois Hunt, Sam Ethridge, Zan Joyce, Tom Miller, Helen Westcott, Jan Duggan, Mary Tock, George Stuart, Ada Lilly, and Karl Thomas.
The Theater Mart was located at 600 No. Vermont Ave.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 15305 ? (cast of "The Drunkard," long running production @ Theater Mart by Galt Bell of PT Barnum's melodrama - 2000th performance in 12/38)?

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Group portraits

Names

Smith, W. H. (William Henry), 1806-1872. The Drunkard
Hunt, Lois, b. 1907 or 08
Ethridge, Sam
Westcott, Helen, 1928-1998
Joyce, Zan
Lilly, Ada
Miller, Tom
Theater Mart (Los Angeles CA)
Thomas, Karl
Tock, Mary
Duggan, Jan, 1881-1977
Stuart, George
Grenier, Laurence, 1906-1978
Paiva, Nestor, 1905-1966
Williams, Jeffrey, b. 1861 or 66
Lucas, Merwin, 1925-1999

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.081975

Latitude

-118.290906

Resource type

still image

Subjects

World records--California--Los Angeles
Stages (Platforms)
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles
Costumes--American
Actors--American--California--Los Angeles
Group portraits