Flickaphile McDowall was a Brit-in-LA at the same time Waugh’s 1947 Brit-in-LA novel The Loved One is published; McDowall goes on to star in the 1965 film version (featuring Lionel Stander, another member of our 47p community [cf. October 23]).
A couple of snaps not of the actual incident, but from the greater 47 collection, and which, we feel, get the spirit of the event across.
