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Hitler Requests Appearance of American Dancer

Berlin


Date
1939, May 4
Location
Berlin
Country
Germany
Material
silver gelatin print on glossy paper, retouching in light crayon
Size
21,4 (22,9) x 16,8 (18) cm
Artist
ACME · Unidentified Photographer

Description

verso labeled in typeset: PLA 502023
Hitler Requests Appearance of American Dancer.
Berlin--Mirian Verne, American dancer, shown executing her acrobatic dance in "Melody of the Nigh", recently received a personal request from Adolf Hitler to appear in the operetta "The Merry Widow" in Munich. She received the request while appearing in Berlin.
Credit Line (ACME) 5-4-39 (CT) 1A

Stamped: Ref. Dept., 5-26-39, N. E. .A.; ACME Newspictures, Inc.;
Handwritten: A52535