Subject: Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles / Subject: Custody of children--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: "Prince" David Mdivani on the witness stand during a long legal battle with his ex-wife, Mae Murray, a silent film actress. Murray was suing Mdivani for $1000 a month support for their son. While on the stand, Mdivani reacted strongly when questioned about whether or not he was a "prince of royal blood." Mdivani asserted that he was not a prince, he only inherited the title through custom from his father, but he was not born of a king.
Date:: February 27, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: This photograph may be associated with the article, “Child Tells of Seeing Killing: Girl Changes Her Story in Mother’s Death Case Court Scene as Small Girl Tells of Fatal Shooting GIRL UPSETS DEATH TRIAL Accused Mother Took Gun From Woman, Says Child in Changed Testimony,” Los Angeles Times 8 Jun. 1935: 1.
Date:: June 8, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection