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William Desmond and his wife Mary McIvor, who were in court after a drunk driving incident, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: William Desmond and his wife Mary McIvor, who were in court after a drunk driving incident. They stand in front of a door that reads, in part, "George... Clinic.. Dr. L.E. Mult... Dentist... H.T. Lechman, Attorney at Law... Notary."
Date:: June 26, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Vonnie Conrad testifies for polo player Tom Collins, Hollywood, 1936

Description:: Vonnie Conrad gives a testimony in the case of polo player Tom Collins vs. a Hollywood club that Collins is suing for $3500 worth of damages because of the loss of his trophy collection.
Date:: March-April 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Unknown man applying false eyelashes to Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: An unknown man holds false eyelashes by the eye of Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unknown man applies false eyelashes to Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: An unknown man applying false eyelashes to Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Teresa Kirbe, actress, [rephotographed], Los Angeles

Description:: This image appears to be a rephotograph of a print of Teresa Kirbe. Teresa Kirbe was an actress who played the Queen of Paflagonia, in the opera "The Rose and the Ring", as mentioned by the February 25, 1957 articles in the Los Angeles Examiner, the Los Angeles Herald and Express, and the San Diego Tribune. She wears pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, a scoop neck and a swept up hairdo.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Teresa Kirbe, actress, [rephotographed], Los Angeles

Description:: This image appears to be a rephotograph of a print of Teresa Kirbe. Teresa Kirbe was an actress who played the Queen of Paflagonia, in the opera "The Rose and the Ring", as mentioned by the February 25, 1957 articles in the Los Angeles Examiner, the Los Angeles Herald and Express, and the San Diego Tribune. She wears pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, a scoop neck and a swept up hairdo.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Teresa Kirbe, actress, [rephotographed], Los Angeles

Description:: This image appears to be a rephotograph of a print of Teresa Kirbe. Teresa Kirbe was an actress who played the Queen of Paflagonia, in the opera "The Rose and the Ring", as mentioned by the February 25, 1957 articles in the Los Angeles Examiner, the Los Angeles Herald and Express, and the San Diego Tribune. She wears pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, a scoop neck and a swept up hairdo.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Teresa Kirbe, actress, [rephotographed], Los Angeles

Description:: This image appears to be a rephotograph of a print of Teresa Kirbe. Teresa Kirbe was an actress who played the Queen of Paflagonia, in the opera "The Rose and the Ring", as mentioned by the February 25, 1957 articles in the Los Angeles Examiner, the Los Angeles Herald and Express, and the San Diego Tribune. She wears pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, a scoop neck and a swept up hairdo.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Teresa Kirbe, actress, Los Angeles, circa 1950-1959

Description:: This image is of Teresa Kirbe, an actress who played the Queen of Paflagonia, in the opera "The Rose and the Ring", as mentioned by the February 25, 1957 articles in the Los Angeles Examiner, the Los Angeles Herald and Express, and the San Diego Tribune. She wears pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, a scoop neck and a swept up hairdo. Her eyes are watering, a single tear runs down her right cheek.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Teresa Kirbe, actress, Los Angeles, circa 1950-1959

Description:: This image is of Teresa Kirbe, an actress who played the Queen of Paflagonia, in the opera "The Rose and the Ring", as mentioned by the February 25, 1957 articles in the Los Angeles Examiner, the Los Angeles Herald and Express, and the San Diego Tribune. She wears earrings, a collared shirt and a swept up hairdo.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Teresa Kirbe, actress, Los Angeles, circa 1950-1959

Description:: This image is of Teresa Kirbe, an actress who played the Queen of Paflagonia, in the opera "The Rose and the Ring", as mentioned by the February 25, 1957 articles in the Los Angeles Examiner, the Los Angeles Herald and Express, and the San Diego Tribune. She wears pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, a scoop neck and a swept up hairdo.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Teresa Kirbe, actress, Los Angeles, circa 1950-1959

Description:: This image is of Teresa Kirbe, an actress who played the Queen of Paflagonia, in the opera "The Rose and the Ring", as mentioned by the February 25, 1957 articles in the Los Angeles Examiner, the Los Angeles Herald and Express, and the San Diego Tribune. She wears pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, a scoop neck and a swept up hairdo.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Teresa Kirbe, actress, dressed as a witch, Los Angeles, circa 1950-1959

Description:: Teresa Kirbe is dressed as a witch standing before a cauldron. Behind and next to her are other props, including a spoon, a bottle, a mortar and pedestal, a broom, and a paper skeleton.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Teresa Kirbe, actress, dressed as a witch, Los Angeles, circa 1950-1959

Description:: Teresa Kirbe is dressed as a witch, holding a spoon and bottle before a cauldron. Behind and next to her are other props, including a mortar and pedestal, a broom, and a paper skeleton.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Teresa Kirbe, actress, dressed as a witch, Los Angeles, circa 1950-1959

Description:: Teresa Kirbe is dressed as a witch, and rides a broom.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Teresa Kirbe, actress, dressed as a witch, Los Angeles, circa 1950-1959

Description:: Teresa Kirbe is dressed as a witch, holding a spoon and bottle before a cauldron. Behind and next to her are other props, including a mortar and pedestal, a broom, and a paper skeleton.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Silent era actress Miriam Cooper Walsh in the courtroom, probably in connection with her divorce from director/producer Raoul Walsh

Description:: Silent era actress Miriam Cooper Walsh on the witness stand, probably related either to her 14-year-long alimony dispute with ex-husband Raoul Walsh, film director and producer, or a later tax case concerning those alimony payments
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Screenwriter Howard Lindsay and wife Dorothy Stickney arrive at a train station in Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Howard Lindsay and Dorothy Stickney step off a train car as they arrive in Los Angeles.
Date:: December 31, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ruth Barry is a star of the play "Engaged", Monrovia, 1936

Description:: The three-act farce "Engaged" produced by the Monrovia Gold Hill Players is assured a capacity audience, starring Ruth Barry in one of the leading roles and directed by Thelma Laird Schultheis.
Date:: January 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Rosemary Chew and Olive Young standing in front of the Elk's Lodge No. 99, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Rosemary Chew and Olive Young standing hand in hand in front of the former Elk's Lodge No. 99 building (607 Park View Street) with arched windows, two angel statues and frieze near roof. The building is an outstanding example of Gothic Revival architecture style (Neo-Gothic), and was designed by Claud Beelman.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Rosemary Chew and Olive Young, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Rosemary Chew and Olive Young seated on bench under bamboo structure with lanterns
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Rosemary Chew and Olive Young in the garden of the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Olive Young was an actress who was a major star at the Great Wall studio in Shanghai from 1926 to 1929. Born Olive Young in St. Joseph, Missouri, she first visited China at the age of 16, when her parents sent her to Hong Kong to complete her education. Two years later she began her acting career in Shanghai. After 1929, she returned to the United States and had a brief acting career in Hollywood.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Rosemary Chew and Olive Young in the garden of the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Rosemary Chew and Olive Young seated on bench near bamboo structure in the garden of the Otis Art Institute
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

RKO Featured Player Polly Walters modeling a permanent wave hairstyle from Weaver Jackson's Hollywood Beauty Salon, 1932

Description:: A different photograph of Polly Walters modeling this Weaver Jackson hairstyle appears in Peggy Hamilton's Los Angeles Times feature "Fashions," on March 6, 1932, pg. I4A.
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Adams (Peggy Hamilton) Papers

Restauranteur Robert Cobb and his wife actress Gail Patrick, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Robert Cobb, restauranteur and namesake of the "Cobb salad," posing with his wife, actress Gail Patrick.
Date:: [circa May 9, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Recently divorced Marjorie De Haven Lockwood with her mother Flora De Haven, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Wife Tells of Neglect," Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar 1936: A12.
Date:: March 13, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ra Hould, Jeanne Perkins, and Olympe Bradna sign contracts with Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Three Film Contracts Given Seal," Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb 1936: A3.
Date:: February 28, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Polly Coumerihl, actress, with an actor, circa 1930-1939

Description:: Bust-length view of Polly Coumerihl, an actress, in a light-colored gown alongside an actor in formal attire.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Performers Hunt Atkins, Jerre and Judith Vosselli are arrested, Hollywood, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Jim Timony, Arraigned, Denies Show's Indecency," Los Angeles Times, 01 Jan 1936: A8.
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Peggy O'Connell, actress, circa 1950-1959

Description:: This image is of Peggy O'Connell, an actress working in and around Los Angeles in the 1950s. She is wearing a satin top and upswept hairdo. She has one arm over the back of chair. She performed in Louise Glaum's production "O.K. By Me".
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Peggy Hopkins Joyce sitting in the courthouse where she won a victory against those suing her for $20,000, Los Angeles, December 21, 1937

Description:: Actress Peggy Hopkins Joyce (left) with a broken arm sitting on a bench in the courthouse with two unknowns. Joyce was being sued for $20,000, but the judge ruled that they money was rightfully hers, it was an advance payment on her salary for appearing in the picture "Sky Rocket"
Date:: December 21, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Olive Young in the garden of the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Olive Young standing under bamboo gate with lanterns
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Newlyweds Stephen Ames and Raquel Torres come to California, Hollywood, 1935

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Miss Torres and Spouse Plan Stay," Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb 1935: A2.
Date:: February 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nancy Norton arraigned on her drunk driving charge, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: When 23-year-old actress Nancy Norton was driving to deliver a birthday cake to a friend she zigzagged across a street near her home and struck another car. She was arraigned before Municipal Judge Scott for driving while intoxicated.
Date:: November 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nancy Drexel accompanies her husband Thomas Ince Jr. to court, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Thomas leans over his seated wife. Nancy grips two of Thomas' fingers in her hand.
Date:: September-October 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Members of the Women's Breakfast Bridge Club at the home of Exa Browning Link, Santa Monica, 1935

Description:: Members of the Women's Breakfast Bridge Club at the home of Exa Browning Link. They surround a cart that is topped with settings for tea, including a samovar, tea cups, and saucers. Exa Browning Link holds a tiered plate and Virginia Reid (Lynne Carver) and Edna Marie Lavin Cobb each hold a cracker (or whatever type of food is on the plates.)
Date:: [circa September 27, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mary Pickford with local businessmen flipping on power for Santa Claus Lane, Hollywood, November 30, 1935

Description:: Enterence for Santa Claus Lane was at Hollywood and Vine Blvds in Hollywood. E. J. Shurtz was chairman of Santa Claus Lane Committee and manager of the Broadway Hollywood. Strasburg was also in a leadership position on the committee.
Date:: November 30, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers posing with horses at a ranch, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Film stars and married couple Mary Pickford and Charles "Buddy" Rogers posing with horses at a ranch.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers posing with horses at a ranch, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Film stars and married couple Mary Pickford and Charles "Buddy" Rogers posing with horses at a ranch.
Date:: [1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers being filmed at a ranch, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Film stars and married couple Mary Pickford and Charles "Buddy" Rogers being filmed with a horse at a ranch.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers being filmed at a ranch, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Film stars and married couple Mary Pickford and Charles "Buddy" Rogers being filmed with a horse at a ranch.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mary Brian being greeted by brother Terry Danztler upon return at Grand Central Airport, Glendale, 1934

Description:: Refer to article: "'Friend' Absent, Actress Pouts," Los Angeles Times, 18 July, 1934: A1.
Date:: July 17, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marilyn Miller, famous Broadway star, sets off on a trip by rail.

Description:: Marilyn Miller, popular Broadway actress of the 1920s and 1930s, smiles for the camera as she sets off on a trip.
Date:: [between 1925-1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Magician Charles Hoffman is blindfolded by actress Marsha Hunt, before his automobile race down Hollywood Blvd. against a fellow illusionist.

Description:: Young actress Marsha Hunt prepares to blindfold magician Charles Hoffman for his blind automobile race against fellow prestidigitator L.O. Gunn down Hollywood Boulevard. The event was held in conjunction with the Third Annual Convention of the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians.
Date:: July 24, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West sitting in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) sitting in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West sitting in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) sitting in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West sitting in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) sitting in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West sitting in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) sitting in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West sitting in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) sitting in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West sitting in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) sitting in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West sitting in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) sitting in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West sitting in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) sitting in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mae West in court during questioning about earnings from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Mae West (August 17, 1893–November 22, 1980) in court during questioning about profits earned from her role in the movie "She Done Him Wrong." Writer Mark Linden accused West of failing to provide half of the profits she earned from selling his play to Paramount in order to produce the film. The judge ruled that West did not owe the writer any of the additional money she received as salary for her role as an actress. West was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, on stage with four child actresses, 1951

Description:: Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, sits to the right on stage with her dummy (ventriloquial figure) in her lap, while three child actresses stand posed in doll like stances. Two are dressed as ballerinas, one wears a dress and pinafore, and another is dressed as a Chinese doll. A fourth child actress stands on pointe. Also seen are various pieces of furniture and dolls.
Date:: September 20, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Lucille S. King, actress and ventriloquist, on stage singing, while other woman plays the piano, 1951

Description:: Lucille S. King, actress and ventriloquist, stands on stage singing before a microphone. She is dressed in Victorian era garb. Another woman sits playing the piano, wearing a lace dress.
Date:: September 20, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Lucille S. King, actress and ventriloquist, dressed as a witch, 1951

Description:: Lucille S. King, actress and ventriloquist, stands dressed as a witch, with a broomstick in hand. Behind her, a skeleton decoration on the wall is visible. The image has been double exposed, whether this was done intentionally or not is unknown.
Date:: September 20, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Lucille S. King, actress and ventriloquist, dressed as a Victorian traveler, 1951

Description:: Lucille S. King, actress and ventriloquist, sits dressed as a Victorian era traveler, in a black embroidered gown and cape. To her right is a large pile of cloth, to her left is a suitcase. Behind her written it chalk are the words "To Trains".
Date:: September 20, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Lucille S. King, actress and ventriloquiest, with child actress, 1951

Description:: Lucille S. King, actress and ventriloquist, dressed in Victorian garb, next to a young girl, also dressed in Victorian garb. Both hold parasols and wear hats.
Date:: September 20, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Line of actresses and models standing with their hands on their hips in a grassy field, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: From left to right: actresses and models Sonya Mitchell, Nancy Lee, Coleen Coleman, Vivian Reed, Jeanne Strasser, Elsa Larson, Connie Thompson and and unidentified woman standing in a line with their hands on their hips in a grassy field.
Date:: [1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jean Robinson holds a dwarf tree, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: Jean holds the miniature tree planted in a small pot in front of her. Behind her there are shelves of other plants and dwarf trees, and the walls are covered in wallpaper that shows drawings of Asian women in traditional robes.
Date:: April 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Jean Roberson divorces her unemployed husband, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Actress Divorces Man She Avers "Wasn't Sap"," Los Angeles Times, 05 Feb 1936: A1.
Date:: February 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Jascha Heifetz and his wife Florence Vidor on their sailboat, Newport Beach, 1935

Description:: Jascha and Florence stand on the prow of the boat leaning against a furled sail.
Date:: September 26, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Janet Chandler reads a book on the beach, Pacific Palisades, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears in the article, "Interested in Her Reading," Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 1935: C6.
Date:: [circa August 11, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Irene Ryan and Leatrice Gilbert at John Gilbert's estate auction, Los Angeles, August 24, 1936

Description:: Leatrice Gilbert (aka Leatrice Joy Gilbert) at father John Gilbert's estate auction bidding on items with help of aunt Irene Ryan
Date:: August 24, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Irene Ryan and Leatrice Gilbert at John Gilbert's estate auction, Los Angeles, August 24, 1936

Description:: Leatrice Gilbert (aka Leatrice Joy Gilbert) at father John Gilbert's estate auction bidding on items with help of aunt Irene Ryan
Date:: August 24, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Governor Frank Finley Merriam and Adele Arbo stand behind five young beauty contestants, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: 28th Governor of California Frank Finley Merriam (back right) and actress/musician/politician Adele Arbo (back left) with five young women, presumably participants in a beauty contest. Contestants include (left to right); Sibyl D. Slinkard, Betty Meguire, Laura Kerr, Marjorie Owens, and Helen Gilbert. Photo may possibly have been taken at the San Bernadino Orange Show. Dates given for the photo are based on the dates of Merriam's tenure as Governor.
Date:: between June 2, 1934 and January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Gloria Jenkins is to marry co-star, Laguna Beach, 1936

Description:: A headshot of Jenkins along with a newspaper clipping featuring the beginning of the story and half of her face attached with a paper clip.
Date:: April 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Gladys Swarthout and her husband Frank Chapman enjoying vacation, Palm Springs, 1935

Description:: This photograph may be associated with the article, “IN HOLLYWOOD WITH THE CANDID CAMERAMAN,” Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 1935: H6.
Date:: November 24, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Florence Foley is to play Annabella in "Little Miss Fixer" at the Valley Playhouse, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Florence Foley is an actress, known for Easter Babies (1911), The Carpenter (1913) and Buttercups (1913).
Date:: December 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Film stars Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Carole Lombard, and producer Louis B. Mayer walking to Jean Harlow's funeral service, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Film stars Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, and producer Louis B. Mayer walking to Jean Harlow's funeral service. Harlow, known by many as "Baby," died suddenly of renal failure at age 26.
Date:: June 9, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Film actress Merna Kennedy at her mother Maude Gernert's trial for divorce, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Family Row Aired In Suit," Los Angeles Times, 09 Apr 1936: A3.
Date:: April 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: Film actress Anna May Wong with District Attorney Buron Fitts, looking over a letter she received which threatened her with extortion.
Date:: [circa March 24, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

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.
Date:: [circa March 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Film actress Anna May Wong entering District Attorney Buron Fitts' office, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Film actress Anna May Wong about to enter the District Attorney Buron Fitts' office to discuss 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.
Date:: [circa March 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ethyl May Halls, Vaudeville actress, returns to Hollywood, 1935

Description:: Ethyl May Halls, veteran vaudeville actress, has come back to Hollywood to overlook several motion picture contracts.
Date:: December 24, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products, with her handlers. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products, with her handlers. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," looking over a fence, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products, looking over a fence. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," looking over a fence, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products, looking over a fence. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Elaine Barrie and her mother Edna Jacobs at the Biltmore, Santa Barbara, 1936

Description:: Elaine Barrie was involved in a scandal with John Barrymore, who was at a mental health facility in Santa Barbara in June of 1936. They eventually married though it was short-lived.
Date:: June 17, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Elaine Barrie and her dog at the Biltmore, Santa Barbara, 1936

Description:: Barrie poses with one hand in her coat pocket and the other holding her dog's leash.
Date:: June 17, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Doris Kenyon happily divorces her husband, Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Description:: New York broker Arthur E. Hopkins angrily informed Doris Kenyon Sills, on their honeymoon, that he was leaving her. Doris has successfully divorced him before Superior Judge Schauer.
Date:: 1934-1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Doris Kenyon happily divorces her husband, Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Description:: New York broker Arthur E. Hopkins angrily informed Doris Kenyon Sills, on their honeymoon, that he was leaving her. Doris has successfully divorced him before Superior Judge Schauer.
Date:: 1934-1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Donna Larson and Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products, with Donna Larson(?). After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Director Roland West and Actress ZaSu Pitts, circa 1935

Description:: Possibly taken in relation to the investigation of actress Thelma Todd's death in December 1935. Todd's body was found in West's home where she was residing. Todd was a former co-star and close friend with Pitts and lover to West.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Director Roland West and Actress ZaSu Pitts, circa 1935

Description:: Possibly taken in relation to the investigation of actress Thelma Todd's death in December 1935. Todd's body was found in West's home where she was residing. Todd was a former co-star and close friend with Pitts and lover to West.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Composite of four portraits of Teresa Kirbe, Los Angeles

Description:: This image is a composite of four images of the actress Teresa Kirbe. In the top left image, she is dressed as a Spanish nobleman. In the top right she is dressed as a Spanish woman, wearing a mantilla. In the bottom right, she is dressed in contemporary style with drop earrings. In the bottom left she is dressed in a historical costume, wearing a crown. This bottom left image is perhaps related to the February 25, 1957 articles in the Los Angeles Examiner, the Los Angeles Herald and Express, and the San Diego Tribune, all of which mention her role in the opera "The Rose and the Ring", in which she played the Queen of Paflagonia.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Clara Bow, with Santa Fe Railway pushcart full of luggage.

Description:: Clara Bow poses on a pushcart laden with luggage, apparently about to embark on a journey on the Santa Fe Railway.
Date:: [between 1925-1940?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chief Davis holds the burning mortgage to the Bide-a-Wee home founded by Minnie Barton, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Chief James Edgar Davis holds a box with the burning mortgage to the Bide-A-Wee home for women. The mortgage was set on fire by Gloria Swanson, silent film actress. Swanson helped Minnie Barton, home founder, pay the mortgage by sending $100 a month for several years. The group gathered to burn the mortgage in celebration of completing payment on the home set up by Barton to help working mothers. Also pictured are Mary Brill, president of the Big Sister League, Superior Judge Georgia Bullock, and Mrs. Robert Ladd Gifford. Minnie Barton was the second woman to join the Los Angeles Police Department and also founded the Barton Home for girls in 1917. Gloria Swanson was an actress best known for her role as Norma Desmond in the film Sunset Boulevard. James E. Davis James Edgar Davis was Los Angeles Chief of Police from 1926–1931 and from 1933-1939.
Date:: January 25, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chief Davis hands actress Gloria Swason the paid mortgage to the Bide-a-Wee home founded by Minnie Barton, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Chief James Edgar Davis hands Gloria Swanson, silent film actress, the mortgage to the Bide-A-Wee home for women. Swanson helped Minnie Barton, home founder, pay the mortgage by sending $100 a month for several years. The group gathered to burn the mortgage in celebration of completing payment on the home set up by Barton to help working mothers. Also pictured are Mary Brill, president of the Big Sister League, Superior Judge Georgia Bullock, and Mrs. Robert Ladd Gifford. Minnie Barton was the second woman to join the Los Angeles Police Department and also founded the Barton Home for girls in 1917. Gloria Swanson was an actress best known for her role as Norma Desmond in the film Sunset Boulevard.James E. Davis James Edgar Davis was Los Angeles Chief of Police from 1926–1931 and from 1933-1939.
Date:: January 25, 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

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

Burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee holds her small dog by a train, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee holds her small dog by a train. Lee, originally named Rose Louise Hovick, worked in burlesque, starred in five Hollywood films, wrote for the New Yorker, and published two novels.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

British film producer Alexander Korda with United Artists founders Samuel Goldwyn, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin and also Robert Fairbanks, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Great Britain's foremost film producer Alexander Korda during a week long visit to America for meetings with Samuel Goldwyn, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin of United Artists. Also pictured is Robert Fairbanks, brother of Douglas.
Date:: September 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Barbara Read is given a new acting role, Laguna Beach, 1935-1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the headline, "Praise Won," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan 1936: 14.
Date:: December 1935-January 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ada Williams Ince, young actress, divorces William T. Ince, son of producer Thomas H. Ince. April 13, 1934.

Description:: Young actress Ada Williams Ince, 21, divorces her husband of 5 years, William "W.T." Ince, on claims of abuse due to her husband's violent temper. Williams was granted the divorce in Superior Judge Edmond's court, and attributed it to the date of Friday the 13th, her "lucky number", contrary to popular convention.
Date:: April 13, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ada Williams Ince, young actress, divorces William T. Ince, son of producer Thomas H. Ince. April 13, 1934.

Description:: Young actress Ada Williams Ince, 21, divorces her husband of 5 years, William "W.T." Ince, on claims of abuse due to her husband's violent temper. Williams was granted the divorce in Superior Judge Edmond's court, and attributed it to the date of Friday the 13th, her "lucky number", contrary to popular convention.
Date:: April 13, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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