Helen Ann Rork-Getty contests her divorce, Los Angeles, 1938

Item Overview

Title

Helen Ann Rork-Getty contests her divorce, Los Angeles, 1938

Date Created

September 4, 1935

Date

1935-09-04

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Helen Ann Rork Light was born in Darien, Connecticut, the daughter of Samuel Edwin, Hollywood film producer for First National Studios, and Helen Ann Rork. She appeared in silent films, including The Notorious Lady (1927), The Blonde Saint (1926) and A Texas Steer (1927), with stars of the era, including Rudolph Valentino and Will Rogers, who also was her godfather. She was married to J. Paul Getty, Douglas Wilson of Memphis, San Francisco attorney Jay Ross, Joseph Mclnemey, and Dr. Rudolph Light, professor of neurosurgery at St. Catherine's College of Oxford and heir to the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Co
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Mrs. Helen Getty Victorious in Fight On Divorce Decree," Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec 1938: 13.
Miss Rork has appeared in court for petition to recognize her divorce decree she obtained from H. Douglas Wilson.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: 102 102 Mrs. Ann Getty 8/30/35
Text from negative sleeve: 1893 - Mrs. Ann Getty Divorce 8/30/35 [stamped:] Sep 4- 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Light, Helen Ann Rork 1908-1988

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Portrait photographs
Divorced women
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles