Babe Ruth, William Bendix, and Claire Trevor photograph

Date1948 May 01

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth with William Bendix, Claire Trevor, and her son Charley. The caption (not shown) reads "Babe Ruth (white cap), arrived in Los Angeles, May 1, to assist in the Hollywood film version of the story of his life. On hand to greet the Bambino were the pair who are to portray the parts of Ruth and his wife. Claire Trevor, (left), who will play Mrs. Ruth, was on hand with her four-year-old son Chorley [Charley] Dunsmoor [Dunsmore], and William Bendix, (right), who will be the film "Babe", met Ruth when he detrained."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0391

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Trevor, Claire, 1910-2000

Subject Bendix, William, 1906-1964

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions8.5 x 6.5 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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