Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Language: No linguistic content / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Motion picture producers & directors--American--California--Los Angeles and Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

Description:: Howard Hughes in court during the inquest for the traffic death of Gabe S. Meyer. Hughes struck Gabe S. Meyer with his automobile. Meyer died from the injuries sustained. A jury found the pedestrian's death accidental and exonerated Hughes.
Date:: July 15, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Motion picture director Robert Vignola testifies in court, likely for a civil case involving the estate of Rudolph Valentino.
Date:: 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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