Actress Lorraine Eddy MacLean with friend Alice Niesley, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Actress Lorraine Eddy MacLean with friend Alice Niesley, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

March 18, 1936

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Actress Lorraine Eddy MacLean was granted a divorce from husband Douglas MacLean after five years of marriage, claiming he was aloof and lacked affection.
Photograph appears with the article, "Marital Tie Cut by Wife of M'Lean," Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar 1936: A1.
Alice and Lorraine stand arm-in-arm, gazing into the distance.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: L2R Lorraine Mac Lean Alice Niesley 3/17/36.
Text from negative sleeve: 4417 - (actress Lorraine Eddy) Lorraine Mac Lean Alice Niesley (witness) Divorce from actor Douglas MacLean 3/17/36. [stamped:] Mar 19 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Unhappiness and nervousness caused by her screen actor-husband's indifference brought a divorce to Mrs. Lorraine Eddy MacLean, left, yesterday. Shown with her in Superior Court is her witness, Alice Niesley.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Friendship
Divorced women
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California

Names

MacLean, Lorraine Eddy, 1904-1972
Niesley, Alice, 1903-1975

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image