Masquers Club

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The Masquers Club is a private social club for actors in Los Angeles, California. It was created in 1925 by actors from New York City who had left Broadway to act in motion pictures. [1] It was similar to the Lambs Club in New York. [2] The Club produced thirteen short subjects, the most famous of which, The Stolen Jools , featured seven Oscar-winning performers. Raymond Griffith died there in 1957.

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<i>The Stolen Jools</i> 1931 short film directed by William C. McGann

The Stolen Jools is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy short produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood, featuring many cameo appearances by film stars of the day. The stars appeared in the film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium. The UCLA Film and Television Archive entry for this film says—as do the credits—that the film was co-sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes to support the "fine work" of the NVA sanitarium.

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  1. ↑ Gregory Paul Williams. The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History. p. 139.
  2. ↑ Tom Weaver. A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde: Interviews with 62 Filmmakers. p. 5.
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