01.01.1931 at the Rose Bowl - Irene early in her Hollywood career prior to her great success with "Cimarron"
This is a promotional photograph taken in Pasadena's Rose Bowl Stadium before the 1931 Rose Bowl, with Irene and members of the Washington State College football team.
Those guys weren't lucky that day:
1931 - Alabama 24 Washington State 0
The Rose Bowl is enlarged to seat 81,000, just in time for the fans to see Wallace Wade's Alabama (9-0) administer a 24-0 defeat to previously unbeaten Washington State (9-0). Jimmy "Hurri" Cain
at the controls, engineers a decisive attack that produces three second quarter touchdowns with Monk Campbell tallying twice, gaining 114 yards. Washington State has stalwart linemen like Glenn
"Turk" Edwards and Mel Hein, but they can't prevent the onslaught. Cain averages 46 yards on six punts to keep the Cougars away from scoring chances except one occasion when they fail at the one.
(Text from the Tournament of Roses History website)