Time to start another collection. But who is it about? Well, that's a bit of a mystery since I have pictures of the same woman though she seems to have taken a stage name. Leverne and Mary Reagan and Jerry Hilliard are featured in the photograph from this story from the entertainment pages of the Los Angeles Examiner. A sister act, most likely, appearing in "Music To My Ears" which looks to have been a successful show at the Troopers Theater on Las Palmas in downtown Hollywood, L.A., California. There are still lots of venues in that area, but I'll have to actually head over to Las Palmas to double check the address, and to be honest, it's not something I'm planning on in the near future.
Mary is the sister that shows up in other photos which is not surprising since her name is underlined. Some of the captions on latter photographs mention "Mommy & Daddy" and I'm moderately certain the Dad is Jerry Hilliard. Anyway, I scanned the back of this clipping because it's how I dated the article. Ride 'Em Cowboy, Sleepytime Gal, The Male Animal and Ghost of Frankenstein were all released in 1942. The Vogue Theater mentioned in the one article is still there, though no longer in use. With all the development going on in Hollywood, I suspect it's days are numbered.
Obviously Musics To My Ears will be the tag in the labels section at the bottom of the post that eventually will pull up the whole collection. For the time being, I'll be starting with a couple of press clippings before taking a break when I'll be posting other things. And before I forget, I did run Leverne and Mary Reagan through IMBD as well as some of the other names used by Mary. Nothing for the sisters though there are two credits for Jerry Hilliard. The Red Skelton Hour form 1953 credited as supporting character and Jimmy Wakely's Jamboree from 1954 credited as himself. It was a musical short so that makes sense. I have no idea if it's the same Jerry Hilliard.
