Film actress Merna Kennedy at her mother Maude Gernert's trial for divorce, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Film actress Merna Kennedy at her mother Maude Gernert's trial for divorce, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

April 9, 1936

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Miss Kennedy stands beside her mother, the fingers of one hand just visible over Mrs. Gernert's shoulder.
Mr. and Mrs. Gernert, married on June 14th of last year, appeared in court to address a divorce suit. Mrs. Gernert's chief witness is actress daughter Merna Kennedy, and witness Leonard J. Judd, a mutual friend of the couple, claims that Mrs. Gernert lacked respect for her husband, constantly quarrelling with him and calling him names.
Photograph appears with the article, "Family Row Aired In Suit," Los Angeles Times, 09 Apr 1936: A3.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 4697 - Mrs Maude Gernert (mom) Peter Gernert (dad) Merna Kennedy (actress) Divorce 4/8/36 [stamped:] Apr 9 - 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Merna Kennedy, actress, left, pictured in court yesterday with her mother, Mrs. Maude Gernert, who seeks a divorce and $1500 monthly alimony from Peter Gernert, capitalist.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Merna Kennedy Mrs Maude Gernert 4/8/36

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Divorce--California--Los Angeles
Mothers--California--Los Angeles
Daughters--American--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California

Names

Gernert, Maude
Kennedy, Merna, 1908-1944

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image