[Mischa Auer]
Photograph
Roman Freulich
American, b. Poland, 1898–1974
[Mischa Auer]
Merry-Go-Round of 1938
1937
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 13 11/16 × 10 7/8 in. (34.8 × 27.6 cm)
Museum accession
1988.1295.0001
Inscriptions Printed into image on recto, LB: 889-P.39
Stamped in violet ink on verso, TC: PLEASE CREDIT \ PHOTO BY ROMAN FREULICH \ UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Stamped in black ink on verso, RT: DEC 1 1937
Printed in black ink on attached label on verso, C: (Off-stage) "MERRY-GO-ROUND OF 1938" (Universal) \ Thw [sic] swami's lot is not a happy one according to \ the expression of Mischa Auer [circled in blue pencil], who is cast in the \ role of a fake swami in "Merry-Go-Round of 1938."
Stamped in violet ink on verso, TC: PLEASE CREDIT \ PHOTO BY ROMAN FREULICH \ UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Stamped in black ink on verso, RT: DEC 1 1937
Printed in black ink on attached label on verso, C: (Off-stage) "MERRY-GO-ROUND OF 1938" (Universal) \ Thw [sic] swami's lot is not a happy one according to \ the expression of Mischa Auer [circled in blue pencil], who is cast in the \ role of a fake swami in "Merry-Go-Round of 1938."
