Original 1937 Studio Pass to Universal Pictures Studios for Hollywood Columnist Jimmy Starr
1937 · Hollywood, CA
by UNIVERSAL PICTURES FILM STUDIO
Hollywood, CA: Universal Pictures, 1937. Original 1937 Studio Pass to Universal Pictures Studios for Hollywood columnist Jimmy Starr. Blue cardstock, 3 3/4” x 2” with Universal Pictures logo. Studio passes were given to press and industry representatives, allowing the bearer access to the studio’s lot and sets. It reads in full: “Identification Card, Void After April 1, 1937, Admit to Studio Lot for Parking and to Publicity Dept. Only, No. 29 [stamped], Issued to Jimmy Starr L.A. Herald & Express [typed], Authorized by [signed].” Blank on the verso. About fine with the most minute trace of use. Jimmy Starr (1902 - 1990) is best known as a Hollywood columnist, though he was also a writer and actor, known for The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947), A Night for Crime (1943) and Pink Pajamas (1929). Some of the 1937 Paramount Studios films Mr. Starr may have enjoyed include such popular productions as Jungle Jim with Grant Withers and Betty Jane Rhodes, We Have Our Moments with Sally Ellers and James Dunn, and When Love Is Young with Virginia Bruce, Kent Taylor, and Walter Brennan. (Inventory #: 20946E)