Title

Advertisement for current movie in town, Westley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Advertisement for current movie in town. Westley, California. The child is a flood refugee from southeast Missouri. ["I'm from Missouri" was a Paramount Pictures comedy directed by Theodore Reed and written by Duke Atteberry and Jack Moffitt. It starred Bob Burns, Gladys George, Gene Lockhart, Judith Barrett, William "Bill" Henry and Patricia Morison.]

Date

1939

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A52_009

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,5Mb (1,3Mb) / 13,6in x 14,4in / 4093 x 4309 (300dpi)

Keywords

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