Al Pearce papers, 1938-1946

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Al Pearce papers, 1938-1946

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Comedian Al Pearce became an established name in radio and was best known for playing Elmer Blurt, a self-conscious door-to-door salesman. The collection consists of script files, sound recordings, and photographs related to Pearce's radio career as well as a small amount of memorabilia.

8 boxes (4.0 linear ft.); 7 album boxes (3 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections.

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Pearce, Al, 1898-1961

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Albert Walter Pearce was born July 25, 1898 in San Jose, Calif. Pearce worked as a door-to-door insurance salesman for a time, but eventually went into the real estate business in San Francisco, Calif. with his brother Cal Pearce. In the late 1920s, Pearce got a position as a singer at a local radio station, KFRC. At KFRC, he was introduced to Jack Hasty who asked Pearce to play the lead role in a skit he had written, as Elmer Blurp (later changed to Elmer Blurt). Elmer Blurp was a character tha...