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
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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
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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
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cellulose nitrate film
news photographs - Subjects
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Divorce--California--Los Angeles
Mothers--California--Los Angeles
Daughters--American--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California - Names
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Gernert, Maude
Kennedy, Merna, 1908-1944 - Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
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- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local identifier
- uclamss_1429_13894
- ARK
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- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
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- Rights Holder
- The Regents of the University of California
- Rights Country
- US
- License
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- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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