Film actress Anna May Wong looking over an extortion letter with District Attorney Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, 1937

Item Overview

Title
Film actress Anna May Wong looking over an extortion letter with District Attorney Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created
[circa March 25, 1937]
Date
1937-05-25
Publisher
Los Angeles Daily News
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
Description
Film actress Anna May Wong with District Attorney Buron Fitts, looking over a letter she received which threatened her with extortion. Several other celebrities were targeted as well, such as Dr. A.M. Foote and producer David O. Selznick.
Caption
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Foot, A.M., Dr.; Extortion letters to him and Anna May Wong.

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names
Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Actresses--American--California
Entertainment
Legal
People

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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