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Title
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Shooting Star: Vaudeville and Hollywood Celebrities Beat a Path to the Door of KC Photographer Orval Hixon
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Description
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Kansas City photographer Orval Hixon had his studio just off the lobby of the Baltimore Hotel at 11th and Baltimore streets. "He photographed hundreds of performers from 1915 to 1930." The article includes photos of the photographer himself, Baby Rose Marie (1930); dancer Ann Alcova (ca. 1920); Al Jolson (1920); Marilyn Miller (1918); Marie Dressler (1919); Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1928); Sessue Hayakawa (1920); and cover photo of Joan Crawford (1924).
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Date
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2007-01-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
