Latin from Manhattan Marionette
date: label: date made
content: 1935
name: label: user
content: Rollins, Hazelle H.
label: maker
content: Rollins, Hazelle H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This puppet, a 28-inch marionette in the image of an exotic South American beauty, was designed and built by Hazelle Hedges Rollins in 1935. She created it under the tutelage of the renowned Tony Sarg, a major figure in twentieth-century puppetry. The puppet’s name, The Latin From Manhattan, was inspired by the title of the song, “She’s a Latin From Manhattan” by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin, which was introduced by Al Jolson in the 1935 Warner Bros. film, <i>Go Into Your Dance</i>. This eighteen-string marionette is barefoot, has brown wavy hair, and wears a black and gold dress with brocade and sequins along the neck, hips, legs, and ankles. A fringe of gold and black bugle beads surrounds the hips.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Hazelle Hedges Rollins (1910-1984), a native of Kansas City, Missouri, parlayed her skills at puppetry into a successful business. With her husband, J. Woodson Rollins, she created Hazelle, Inc., the world’s largest exclusive puppet manufacturing company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Kansas City
label: made at
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: general subject association
content: Puppetry
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Puppets
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gene and Nancy R. Krupa
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.1085.10
label: accession number
content: 1981.1085
label: catalog number
content: 1981.1085.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
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content: string (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: synthetic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 in; 60.96 cm x 16.51 cm x 7.62 cm