Judge Robert W. Kenny presiding over the divorce case of Marie Pergain Jennings, Los Angeles, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Judge Robert W. Kenny presiding over the divorce case of Marie Pergain Jennings, Los Angeles, 1933

Date Created

May 23, 1933

Date

1933-05-23

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Judge Robert W. Kenny presiding over the divorce proceedings of pianist Marie Pergain Jennings, in the witness stand, and her husband.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Wife Wins Divorce in Quick Time; Pianist Liberated From Marital Ties," Los Angeles Times, 24 May 1933: A16.
Marie Pergain is recorded as an actress and a piano student of Dr. James Alexis Kall in the late 1920's (Los Angeles Times). Youca Troubetzkoy divorced Marie Victoria Pergain in June 1931 (Los Angeles Times). Ancestry.com documents Marie Troubetzkoy living with Elsie Swan (35, her mother?), Cecile Pergain (18) and Cleo Pergain (13) in Beverly Hills in the 1930 Census.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Kenny, Robert W. Judge
Handwritten on negative: L to R Marie Pergain Jennings, Robert Kenny

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Kenny, Robert W. (Robert Walker), 1901-1976
Jennings, Marie Pergain Troubetzkoy, b. 1911

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Divorce--California--Los Angeles
Judges--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles