Famed Writer Tours L.A.

 
 

  Nov. 13, 1910, Chalmers  

Nov. 13, 1910: Times reporter Willard Huntington Wright (yes, that is the future mystery writer S.S. Van Dine), explores Los Angeles with British author William J. Locke, who was once famous for such works as “The Beloved Vagabond.” 

Wright and  Locke go to the movies, where they see a western and listen to "obscure and unknown Jenny Linds, assisted by colored pictorial masterpieces, render passionately "You're Just the Kid for Me, Bo."

 

  Nov. 13, 1910, William J. Locke  

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