Witness Virginia O'Brien, plaintiff Rubey Baco,n and witness Francess Shortell come to their aunt's aid in her divorce, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Witness Virginia O'Brien, plaintiff Rubey Baco,n and witness Francess Shortell come to their aunt's aid in her divorce, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

December 19, 1935

Date

1935-12-19

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Mrs. Lloyd Bacon Wins Divorce From Director," Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec 1935: A8.
Rubey Bacon sits shoulder-to-shoulder between her two nieces, dressed in their coats and hats while they stare into the distance
Rubey Bacon appeared in court in extreme emotional distress to divorce her allegedly violent and verbally abusive film director husband Lloyd Bacon. She was rewarded a divorce and a $125,000 settlement.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 4086 - LTR Virginia O'Brien (niece) Ruby (Rubey) Bacon (Plaintiff)(actress) Frances Shortell (niece) 12-18-35 Divorce Suit (from director Lloyd Bacon) [stamped:] Dec 20 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Rubey Bacon, center, was granted a divorce yesterday from Lloyd Bacon, film rector, on the testimony of her two nieces, Virginia O'Brien, left, and Frances Shortell.
Handwritten on negative: LtR - Virginia O'Brien - Ruby Bacon - Frances Shortell - 12-18-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Bacon, Rubey
Shortell, Frances, b. 1913 or 1914
O'Brien, Virginia, b. 1919 or 1920

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Divorced women
Family members--American--California--Los Angeles