Beatrice Adee and Don Phillips at LAX, Los Angeles, 1935

Description: Beatrice (2nd from right) and Don (behind Beatrice) walk through jet bridge being questioned and followed by male Los Angeles Times reporters.
Related to the article, "Visits City: Romance Denied by Divorcee," Los Angeles Times, 17 July 1935: 6.
Handwritten notes on negative indicate that Beatrice Adee went from being Mrs. William T. Adee to just Mrs. Beatrice Adee. She divorced William T. Adee in May, 1935. Don Phillips, a young screenwriter, embraces her when she touches down from New York but both deny claims from the reporters in the photo that they are lovers.
Caption: Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1151-- Mrs Beatrice Adee + Don Phillips
Text from negative sleeve: [stamped:] JULY 17 1935
Handwritten on negative: [crossed out:] Mrs. William T. Adee--Mrs. Beatrice Adee

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