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Description:: Veva K. Nelson (27), mother of 9-year-old film actress Norma Gene Nelson, in court to sue her husband Norman (65) for divorce. Mrs. Nelson claimed her husband was cruel to her and Norma Gene and was almost continuously intoxicated for the past five years. Mr. Nelson denied the charges, but custody of the young actress was given to her mother.
Date:: between February 5 and February 8, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Helen Wright, three-year-old daughter of Paul A. Wright, who is accused of the double murder of his wife Evelyn and best friend, John Kimmel. Wright confessed to shooting the pair after finding them in an embrace in his home, he was eventually let off on an insanity plea. Wright's brother, Dr. Herbert Wright, sought custody of Helen and planned to take her back to his home in Cleveland. Paul Wright agreed that it would be best for his daughter to be removed from the aftermath of the tragedy and it was said that he was more concerned about the well-being of Helen, than his own welfare.
Date:: November 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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:: Most likely related to the custody battle over Bartholomew, a child actor popular in the 1930s. White was a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 1931-1937.
Date:: [1936-1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Veva K. Nelson (27), mother of 9-year-old film actress Norma Gene Nelson, in court to sue her husband Norman (65) for divorce. Mrs. Nelson claimed her husband was cruel to her and Norma Gene and was almost continuously intoxicated for the past five years. Mr. Nelson denied the charges, but custody of the young actress was given to her mother.
Date:: between February 5 and February 8, 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
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Description:: This photograph may be associated with the article, “Mrs. Carter Gets Daughter: Wife Who Slew Girl In Love Triangle Freed,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Jun. 1935: A1.
Date:: June 27, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Actress and Mate Fight Over Child," Los Angeles Times, 18 June 1935: A2.
Date:: June 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Judge Blake steadies Michele with one arm as she wraps her hands around his face.
Date:: August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to "Child Theft Case Dropped: Judge Dismisses Suit When British Oil Man Shows Custody Pact," Los Angeles Times, 03 Feb 1937: A15. (Given profession may be an error; other articles state he was an actor/writer from Ojai, California.)
Date:: December 2, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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