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D8885-3
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- 1939-09-20 (Creation)
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Rehearsals for the Drama League play "Stage Door" at the Little Theater. The characters are, left to right, Antonio de Basto Lello as typical Hollywood producer Mr. Gretzl, Creighton Flynn as Hollywood scout David Kingsley, and Florence Skeels as hopeful young actress Terry. Miss Skeels had previously performed with the Portland Civic Theater, the Seattle Repertory and at the University of Southern California. The play, written by Edna Ferber and George Kaufman, would be presented at the Little Theater off Carr St. Sept 27-30, 1939. It was set in the "Footlights Club" in New York City, a boarding house for striving actresses. The play had been presented originally at the Music Box Theater in NYC in autumn of 1936 to critical acclaim. The production and its cast of 27 was well received in Tacoma. (T. Times 9/23/1939, pg. 4)
Drama Clubs -- Tacoma; Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma); Tacoma Drama League (Tacoma); Theatrical Productions--Tacoma; de Basto Lello, Antonio; Flynn, Creighton; Skeels, Florence;