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Title	Autographed publicity portrait of Rudolf Friml
Description	Head shot of composer and pianist Friml, wearing hat, suit jacket, bow tie. Gelatin silver print, monochromatic, glossy paper. Written in ink, "To My dear friends, Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Frankel, in Kindly remembrance of Rolf Friml, Los Angeles, March 17 - 1924". Additionally, the melody and treble harmony of the opening four bars of the song "Indian Love Call" are included in this inscription.
Date	1924-03-17
Subject	Concerts--California--Los Angeles Photographs--Portraits Publicity photographs--1920-1940 Musicians Musicians--United States--Autographs Composers--United States Pianists Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972. Rose-Marie Composers--United States Men's clothing--United States--History--20th century
Subject - Name	Frankel, Bessie Bartlett, 1884-1959 Bartlett, Cecil, 1882-1966 Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972
Geographic Location	Los Angeles (United States)
Publisher - Digital	Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Notes	In the 1924, Friml achieved his greatest popularity with the operetta (musical) Rose Marie, book and lyrics by Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, music also by Herbert Stothart. It is best remembered for the song “Indian Love Call", quoted in the autograph on this portrait. It is also interesting to note that Bessie Bartlett Frankel visited many of the home cities of European-born musicians whom she supported or helped sponsor during their concert performances in Los Angeles; see also the post cards in this collection.
Language	eng
Source	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 9, Folder 12
Format - Original	Sepia tone photograph; 8 x 10 inches
Collection	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15831coll2
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison.
Type	Image Text
Format - Digital	image/jp2
Object File Name	bbf00484.tif

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