Sisters Joan, June, and Jean Gale appear in court, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Sisters Joan, June, and Jean Gale appear in court, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

August 8, 1935

Date

1935-08-08

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Gale Sisters Grace Court," Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug 1935.
Accompanied by her sisters to court, Jean Gale testified that her husband theatrical agent Matty Rosen was seeing other women behind her back and failed to provide for her despite making $1000 a week.
Joan and June flank either side of Jean, placing their hands on her shoulders as she sits between them.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1327 - Mildred Herd Beebe + her son Ray Herd In Court When she sued her husband for Bask Alimony 7/30/35 [stamped:] Aug 8 - 1935
Handwritten on negative: Joan Gale 8/1/35 June Gale Jean Gale
Text from newspaper caption: When Jean Gale, motion-picture actress, appeared in Superior Court yesterday and obtained a divorce from Matty Rosen, she was accompanied by her two sisters, also actresses, June, left, and Joan. The court was told that the husband failed to provide for his wife and went out with other women.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Gale, Joan, 1912-1998
Gale, June
Gale, Jean, 1912-1974

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Divorced women
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Sisters--American--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles