Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Entertainment - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

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

Description:: Aerialist Bertha Matlock poses by her myriad of circus outfits. Most likely taken in anticipation of the Al G. Barnes circus performances in Los Angeles throughout March and April 1935.
Date:: [circa March 30, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Float featuring a music stand and guitar passes by the crowds gathered to watch the Labor Day Parade.
Date:: September 6, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: American Federation of Labor's Conference of Studio Unions members during their strike against all Hollywood studios. The CSU strike began in March 1945 and was around the six month mark when it turned violent on October 5, 1945, known as Hollywood Black Friday. National exposure of this violence forced negotiations between studios and the CSU. Negotiation ended the strike about a month later, but CSU didn't last much longer and was eventually disbanded and absorbed by rival union IATSE.
Date:: 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: American Federation of Labor's Conference of Studio Unions members during their strike against all Hollywood studios. The CSU strike began in March 1945 and was around the six month mark when it turned violent on October 5, 1945, known as Hollywood Black Friday. National exposure of this violence forced negotiations between studios and the CSU. Negotiation ended the strike about a month later, but CSU didn't last much longer and was eventually disbanded and absorbed by rival union IATSE.
Date:: 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: An airplane soaring through the sky at the annual National Air Races, held at the Los Angeles Municipal Airport. Nearly 100 of the most talented pilots from across the world participated and thousands attended.
Date:: September 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: View of Amelita Galli-Curci standing next to a the Union Pacific Limited train, wearing a dress, coat, leather gloves and hat and holding her purse as she smiles and waves to the photographer. Galli-Curci was in Los Angeles for a period of rest following throat surgery.
Date:: August 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: American actor Bob Steele possibly in connection with his role as Curley in the 1939 film "Of Mice and Men"
Date:: [1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: American actor and director Slim Summerville (right) with an unknown man. Summerville made the transition between silent to sound films. He was best known for his work in silent comedies but he also acted in dramas, such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and directed over 50 short films.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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