Hollywood Caravan to Spain parked outside Grauman’s Chinese Theater, 1937

Hollywood Caravan to Spain parked outside Grauman's Chinese Theater, 1937An ambulance was donated by the American movie industry to the Spanish government in Los Angeles, on Sept. 18, 1937. The Hollywood Caravan to Spain first toured the U.S. to raise funds to “help the defenders of Spanish democracy” in the Spanish Civil War. On the side of the ambulance are painted some of the names of high profile donators, including Ernest Hemingway, actors Paul Muni, Franchot Tone, Fredric March, director Lewis Milestone, and writers Ben Hecht and (Garden of Allah resident) Donald Ogden Stewart. It is pictured here outside Grauman’s Chinese theater on Hollywood Boulevard.

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