Karl Rydgren [1914- ] I Remember, Unpublished Ms., 1975 [Reprinted 2005], 2000, 1936, 1934, 1933, 1929, 1924, 1920s, 1919, 1914,
"In 1936 the movie producer, Daryl Zanuck, moved our home to 2323 Fifth Street, Santa Monica from its original ocean front location near The Beach Club on the PCH.
"My beautiful wife Alice Rydgren [ -2000], formerly Alice Pourroy, was born in a home on 7th Street and Pacific. It was torn down in 1989. Alice never lived anywhere but Santa Monica except for a year in Iowa as a little girl.
"The Depression years were quite rough. Jobs were as scarce as hen's teeth. Alice and I must have had a lot of guts to marry in 1934. My first job was driving a bus for Bay Cities Transit Company. My next job was the most interesting and gratifying-working for the Santa Monica Police Department. I worked as a Detective for the greater portion of my career with the P.D. I had a lot of fun, made a lot of friends, and put a lot of criminals away."