Ruth Austin Mattimore takes her ex-husband to court to finance their daughter Rose Marie's education, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Ruth Austin Mattimore takes her ex-husband to court to finance their daughter Rose Marie's education, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

October 18, 1935

Date

1935-10-18

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Richard Arlen's ex-wife since 1923 Ruth Austin Mattimore has taken the actor to court in order to appeal for more alimony so she can pay for her daughter's tuition at a private school in Pebble Beach, but Arlen's lawyer Jerome J. Mayo denied the alimony needed to be increased from $30 to $60 a week.
Photograph appears with the article, "Richard Arlen's Ex-Wife Asks Alimony Increase," Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep 1935: 3.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2406 - L to R - Mrs. Ruth -> former wife of Richard Arlen, actor (nee Richard Van Mattimore) Austin Mattimore Roe Marie Mattimore - 14 years 9-24-35 alimony suit [stamped:] Oct 18 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Ruth Austin Mattimore, whose former husband is Richard Arlen, screen actor, is shown at the left as she appeared in court yesterday with her daughter, Rose Marie, 14 years of age. Mrs. Mattimore is asking an increase in her alimony, as her daughter wishes to attend a fashionable girls' school.
Handwritten on negative: L to R - Mrs Ruth Austin Mattimore Roe Marie Mattimore - 9-24-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Mattimore, Roe Marie (Rose Marie Mattimore), b. 1921 or 22
Mattimore, Ruth Austin

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Divorced women
Mothers--California--Los Angeles
Daughters--American--California--Los Angeles