William J.F. Brown, Mrs. Bonnie Taylor, and Mr. Earl W. Taylor during Mr. Taylor's trial for petty theft, los angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

William J.F. Brown, Mrs. Bonnie Taylor, and Mr. Earl W. Taylor during Mr. Taylor's trial for petty theft, los angeles, 1935

Date Created

October 2, 1935

Date

1935-10-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

View of defense attorney, William J. F. Brown, left, in collared shirt, tie, jacket, Mrs. Bonnie Taylor, middle, in hat, shirt, holding husband's arm, Earl W. Taylor, right, in collared shirt, tie, and jacket, seated in courtroom with unknown individuals in background. Mr. Taylor, writer's agent and operator of the Hollywood Writer's Bureau, was charged with petty theft for illegally taking money from Miss Hilda Parvey and Madam Nan Kee, writers who claimed Taylor promised their stories would be turned into movies. Mr. Taylor was acquitted by the jury on October 14, 1935.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: L to R, Atty. Wm. J. F. Brown, Mrs. Bonnie Taylor, Earl Taylor, 10-2-35
Text from negative sleeve: 2199, 10/2/35, L to R, Atty. Wm. J. F. Brown, Mrs. Bonnie Taylor, Earl Taylor, 10-2-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Taylor, Bonnie
Taylor, Earl W.
Brown, William J.F., b. ca. 1891

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Press agents
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers
Courtrooms