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Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Famed director and choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face three murder charges after he caused a car accident that resulted in fatalities after leaving a cocktail party. Witnesses reported smelling alcohol on Berkeley's breath at the time.
Date:: [circa December 9, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher. Busby was on trial for manslaughter after he was involved in a car crash where two women, Ada von Briesen and Peggy Daley, died.
Date:: September 29, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Famed director and choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face three murder charges after he caused a car accident that resulted in fatalities after leaving a cocktail party. Witnesses reported smelling alcohol on Berkeley's breath at the time.
Date:: [circa December 9, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Busby Berkeley, mother, and lawyer Jerry Giesler in courtroom for Berkeley's vehicular manslaughter trial, Los Angeles, California, 1935

Description:: Possible motion hearing
Date:: [1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher in Los Angeles, Calif., 1935

Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Jerry Giesler, director Busby Berkeley, circa 1935

Description:: Photo likely related to trials and court appearances following Berkeley’s 1935 traffic accident that resulted in the death of three people. Giesler was Berkeley’s lawyer.
Date:: [December, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Busby Berkeley in court, circa 1935

Description:: Photo likely related to trials and court appearances following Berkeley’s 1935 traffic accident that resulted in the death of three people.
Date:: [December, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Famed director and choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face three murder charges after he caused a car accident that resulted in fatalities after leaving a cocktail party. Witnesses reported smelling alcohol on Berkeley's breath at the time.
Date:: [circa December 9, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Famed director and choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face three murder charges after he caused a car accident that resulted in fatalities after leaving a cocktail party. Witnesses reported smelling alcohol on Berkeley's breath at the time.
Date:: [circa December 9, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Famed director and choreographer Busby Berkeley sitting in court to face three murder charges after he caused a car accident that resulted in fatalities after leaving a cocktail party. Witnesses reported smelling alcohol on Berkeley's breath at the time.
Date:: [circa December 9, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Jerry Giesler, director Busby Berkeley, and attorney Milton Cohen, circa 1935

Description:: Photo likely related to trials and court appearances following Berkeley’s 1935 traffic accident that resulted in the death of three people.
Date:: [December, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Milton Cohen, director Busby Berkeley, attorney Jerry Giesler, circa 1935

Description:: Photo likely related to trials and court appearances following Berkeley’s 1935 traffic accident that resulted in the death of three people. Cohen and Giesler were Berkeley’s lawyers.
Date:: [December, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Busby Berkeley, mother, and lawyer Jerry Giesler in courtroom for Berkeley's vehicular manslaughter trial, Los Angeles, California, 1935

Description:: Possible motion hearing
Date:: [1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Jerry Giesler, director Busby Berkeley, and attorney Milton Cohen, circa 1935

Description:: Photo likely related to trials and court appearances following Berkeley’s 1935 traffic accident that resulted in the death of three people.
Date:: [circa December, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Milton Cohen and director Busby Berkeley, circa 1935

Description:: Photo likely related to trials and court appearances following Berkeley’s 1935 traffic accident that resulted in the death of three people.
Date:: [December, 1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorney Milton Cohen, director Busby Berkeley, attorney Stanley Barnes at opening of civil suit against Berkeley, December 26, 1935

Description:: Opening day of civil trial arising from a traffic crash in 1935 caused by Berkeley that killed three people. Cohen and Barnes were Berkeley’s lawyers. Berkeley settled the civil suites several days later but faced several criminal trials that ended in deadlocked juries.
Date:: [December 26, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Busby Berkeley on a strecher accompanied by his lawyer Jerry Geisler and nurse Marie Ganchom, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Director and choreographer Busby Berkeley lays on a strecher accompanied by his lawyer Jerry Geisler and nurse Marie Ganchom. Busby was on trial for manslaughter after he was involved in a car crash where two women, Ada von Briesen and Peggy Daley, died.
Date:: September 29, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Busby Berkeley, film and dance director, being comforted by his mother, Gertrude B. Enos, after a car accident, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “SMASH LAID TO BERKELEY: Inquest Jurors Give Verdict Reckless Driving by Film Dance Director Held Cause of Tragedy SMASH LAID TO BERKELEY,” Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 1935: A1.
Date:: September 13, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Alvin Hudson, injured during Busby Berkeley car crash, 1935

Description:: View of Alvin Hudson, in jacket, pants, with bandage on chin, squatting and pointing to car involved with three way collision. Alvin Hudson was a pest control worker from Santa Paula who reported he had pulled into the middle lane on the Roosevelt Highway when all of a sudden two headlights appeared in front of him and the crash occurred. The three way collision occurred 400 yards north of Santa Monica Canyon on Highway 1, and was the fault of Busby Berkeley, film dance director, who was driving in the wrong direction while intoxicated. Six people were injured in the accident, and two died.
Date:: September 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher, Los Angeles, 1935

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Busby Berkeley, mother, and lawyer Jerry Giesler in courtroom for Berkeley's vehicular manslaughter trial, Los Angeles, California, 1935

Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher in Los Angeles, Calif., 1935

Attorney Jerry Giesler, director Busby Berkeley, circa 1935

Busby Berkeley in court, circa 1935

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Choreographer Busby Berkeley attending court to face murder charges, Los Angeles, 1935

Attorney Jerry Giesler, director Busby Berkeley, and attorney Milton Cohen, circa 1935

Attorney Milton Cohen, director Busby Berkeley, attorney Jerry Giesler, circa 1935

Busby Berkeley, mother, and lawyer Jerry Giesler in courtroom for Berkeley's vehicular manslaughter trial, Los Angeles, California, 1935

Attorney Jerry Giesler, director Busby Berkeley, and attorney Milton Cohen, circa 1935

Attorney Milton Cohen and director Busby Berkeley, circa 1935

Attorney Milton Cohen, director Busby Berkeley, attorney Stanley Barnes at opening of civil suit against Berkeley, December 26, 1935

Busby Berkeley on a strecher accompanied by his lawyer Jerry Geisler and nurse Marie Ganchom, Los Angeles, 1935

Busby Berkeley, film and dance director, being comforted by his mother, Gertrude B. Enos, after a car accident, Los Angeles, 1935

Alvin Hudson, injured during Busby Berkeley car crash, 1935

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