Gladys' Favorite

Cars . . .

John reproduced the Duesenburg given to Gladys by Al at the time he moved her into her new home in Kenilworth when John was just a baby.  

Al would never own a car with a "soft top", so this hard top model is very unusual for a Duesenberg.

THE "DUECE"

The bodywork made for each Duesenberg came from both North America and Europe, and the finished cars comprised some of the largest, grandest, most beautiful and elegant cars ever created.  The chassis cost $8,500 ($9,500 after 1932), the completed base model cost $13,500, and a top-of-the-line model could reach $25,000 (at a time when the average physician earned less than $3,000 a year).

"DADDY JOE"

as a COP

GLADYS in the

backseat

SCENE FROM "RICH GIRL, POOR GIRL"

"DADDY JOE" gets pulled in as an extra!

This is the scene from "Rich Girl, Poor Girl" (released in 1921) they were shooting when "Daddy Joe" met Gladys' mother, Ida, on the set.

They were short one "cop" and coerced "Daddy Joe" into donning the costume and becoming part of the shoot.

Gladys owned this Packard at the time, and she frequently rented it out to the Studio to use in many of their movies.

THE  PACKARD