Manon Von Brieson, witness in Busby Berkeley murder trial, Los Angeles, [between 1931-1935?]

Item Overview

Title

Manon Von Brieson, witness in Busby Berkeley murder trial, Los Angeles, [between 1931-1935?]

Date Created

[between 1931-1935?]

Date

1931/1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Portrait photograph of Manon Von Brieson. Von Brieson survived a September 8, 1935 car accident on the Roosevelt Highway in which film choreographer Busby Berkeley was at fault. Von Brieson's husband William Von Brieson, sister Dorothea "Peggy" Daley, and mother-in-law Ada Von Brieson died as a result of the accident, and Berkeley went on trial for second-degree murder for their deaths in December 1935.
Possibly related to the article, "BERKELEY'S JURY TIED UP: Deadlock Holds for Hours Three Verdicts Possible in Auto Crash Death Case, Judge Announces BERKELEY JURY IN DEADLOCK," Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 1935: 1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2004-- 12/24/35, Mrs. Manon Von Brieson, Bus Berkeley Crash (victim).
Handwritten on negative: Mrs Manon Von Brieson.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
news photographs

Names

Von Brieson, Manon, 1911-1937

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Traffic accident victims--California--Los Angeles