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Marjorie Gay is given money in her divorce settlement, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: An unsmiling Marjorie sits with her gloved hands folded.
Date:: April 12, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Nurse Louise Rich assists Edna Mae Cooper, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Edna Mae Cooper was an actress during the silent movie era. She also accompanied pilot Bobbi Trout on a endurance flight of 122 hours and 50 minutes.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Helen Wilkinson comforts Dorothy Mackaye, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Miss Wilkinson watches her friend Dorothy's face as she puts one arm around her shoulder. Dorothy rests her chin in one gloved hand and looks into the distance.
Date:: May 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Jeff Chandler and Marjorie Hoshelle, Academy Awards, 1955

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Winners of Academy Awards Beam as They Clasp Prized Golden Oscars," 31 Mar. 1955: Pg. 3.
Date:: March 30, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Western Union messengers Maury Warner and Leslie Winton serenade actress Dorothy Lamour on set, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938

Description:: At center, and from left to right, Leslie Winton and Maury Warner, Western Union messengers, stand beside one another as they serenade actress Dorothy Lamour. Leslie Winton stands facing left as he sings. Maury Warner holds a telegram in front of Dorothy Lamour while he sings. She is dressed in white and sits on a set, along the right edge. She smiles as she looks towards the messengers. The arm of a stage light stretches behind the messengers. Its light canister hangs over Dorothy Lamour's head.
Date:: [circa December, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Jakobsen, Robert Anders, 1915-1970
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Actress Joan Gale smiling, Los Angeles, 1932-1938 (?])

Description:: Portrait photograph of actress Joan Gale smiling and seated on desk.
Date:: [between 1932-1938?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Wilma Williams, actress, 1930s

Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Western Union messengers, Maury Warner and Leslie Winton sing carols to Dorothy Lamour, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938

Description:: At center, actress Dorothy Lamour sits on a set. She is dressed in white and faces slightly left. Behind and to either side of her, 2 Western Union messengers stand and serenade her. Maury Warner stands at left. While he sings, he holds a telegram in front of Dorothy Lamour. The arm of a stage light stretches above him and its canister hangs to the right of him. Leslie Winton stands along the right edge and sings as well.
Date:: [circa December, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Jakobsen, Robert Anders, 1915-1970
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. A.O. Bowden, head of the archeology department at USC, with actress Betty Jane Rhodes, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Related to the article, "Actress Takes Special Course: Betty Jane Rhodes Enrolls at U.S.C. for Archeology Study," Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 1937: 2.
Date:: [January 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Lee Jean Carter achieves American citizenship, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Miss Carter smiles into the camera wearing a miniature American flag pin on her coat's lapel.
Date:: January 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Peaches Browning before appearing in her first screen role, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph of Frances Heenan Browning Hynes, who came into public view as "Peaches" Browning, wife of New York real estate mogul Edward West 'Daddy' Browning. Their romance, marriage and subsequent divorce trial captured the imagination of the press in the 1920s. At the time of this photograph, she was married to a wealthy theater manager and preparing to appear in her first screen role in a Bing Crosby production.
Date:: June 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Ruby Keeler golfing at the midwinter invitation tournament of the los Angeles Country Club, California, 1939

Description:: Actress Ruby Keeler about to put a golf ball
Date:: February 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marjorie Gay is awarded $5000 by the court, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Miss Gay Wins $5000," Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr 1934: A1.
Date:: April 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Margery Chapin and Benny Baker outside of Paramount Pictures' commissary, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Margery Chapin (left) and Benny Baker stand outside Paramount's commissary, Café de Savoie.
Date:: [circa Jan 14 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Bandleader Paul Whiteman and his wife, Margaret Livingston, stepping from a train in Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Paul Whiteman's arrival in Los Angeles was noteworthy because he had lost roughly 100 pounds on a diet designed by his wife.
Date:: May 12, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Diving Venus Annette Kellerman, Los Angeles, circa 1920

Description:: Portrait photograph of Annette Kellerman in a pose.
Date:: [circa 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hesser, Edwin Bower
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Two scenes from the filming of "Fatty and the Broadway Stars," Los Angeles, 1915

Description:: Typed notes on negative states: On image of group of 3 people above their heads "Mack Swain Al St.John", on side "Chester Conklin", on bottom "Gloria Swanson". Above heads of Keystone Kops:"Ford Sterling, Fatty Arbuckle"
Date:: 1915
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Three finalists of Seashore Day, Elks National Convention Bathing Beauty Contest, Los Angeles, 1935

Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Anita Page, Rufus B. von Kleinsmid, and 5 women with a telegraphone, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Anita Page, Rufus B. von Kleinsmid, and 5 women being filmed as they experiment with a telegraphone. Reported with a similar photograph in "BEAUTIFUL BUT NOT DUMB: Studios Confronted With Task of Making Stars, Now Easy to Look at, Also Easy to Hear," Los Angeles Times, 29 May 1928: A1.
Date:: May 28, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Anita Page with Rufus B. von Kleinsmid talking into a telegraphone, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Cameraman filming close up of Anita Page talking into a telegraphone with Rufus B. von Kleinsmid behind her.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mildred H. Beebe and her son Ray Herd seek $4520, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Old Alimony Bill Pressed," Los Angeles Times, 31 July 1935: A12.
Date:: July August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Silent film star Juanita Hansen sorts through fan mail at the W.P.A. unit office of 1050 Santee Street, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: After a hiatus in her acting career Juanita Hansen has signed on to a local Federal aid theater project which has brought an influx of letters from fans that are being sent to the W.P.A. unit office at 1050 Santee Street.
Date:: February 10, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Yvonne Gardelle posing for her father/husband sculptor Carlton Gardelle, Los Angeles, 1923

Description:: Photo appears with article "SCULPTOR WEDS GIRL..." Los Angeles Times, 05 Jan. 1923: II1.
Date:: [circa January 05, 1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Actress Katherine Grant, "Miss Los Angeles" beauty queen, Los Angeles, 1923

Description:: Photo appears with the article "SEEKS AID OF AUTHORITIES: "Miss Los Angeles" Says She Was Victim of Ruse; Declares Blackmail was Threatened Beauty Charges Plot in Posing for Photos SEEKS AID OF AUTHORITIES," Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 1923: II1.
Date:: 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Corliss Palmer Brewster divorces her neglectful husband with the help of her sister Katherine Palmer, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Millionaire publisher Eugene V. Brewster and husband of actress and "Georgia Peach" beauty contest winner Corliss Palmer testifies that her husband neglected to take her out, nagged her, and would rather read and play solitaire than spend time with his wife.
Date:: December 5, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Kathryn Carver at divorce suit with sister Peggy Drum, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Menjou Marital Ties Severed," Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug 1933: A2.
Date:: August 14, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Silent film actress and songwriter Cecile Arnold, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: Image appears the with article "Woman Song Writer Gets Injunction," Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 1930: A5.
Date:: February, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Silent film actress Dorothy Janis, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Lillian Smith seated in profile at the Municipal Court, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Aid Sought By Actress: Lucille Stedman Says She Can't Afford Lawyer for Her Third Trial," Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 1935: A3.
Date:: September 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lillian L. Smith at the Lincoln Heights jail, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph of Lillian Smith seated on a chair at the Lincoln Heights jail (located at 421 North Avenue 19.).
Date:: September 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Lina Basquette sitting in chair smiling, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Description:: Lina Basquette sits with her legs crossed in a carpeted room with a barrister bookcase. One hand rests on her lap, near her pocketbook, while the other hand rests on her chin.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Actress Nellie Bayles (aka Bonita Darling), Los Angeles, 1924 (copy print)

Description:: Studio portrait photograph (circa 1915) of Nellie Bayles, with the photographer identification "Hoffman / A [in a circle] S B." The photo appears with article "'Bad Man' and Officer Slain: Battle Fought on Ranch of Actress Near Saugus, She Calls Help as Gunman's Love is Spurned, Constable and Aide Are Met by Hail of Bullets," Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 1924: A1.
Date:: September 15, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoffman Photo Service
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Fifi D'Aubry held in jail due to battery charges, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Jan Rubini, Jr. was accused of battery after an altercation at his father's home. His aunt, Mrs. Irene De Aubry (stage name: Fifi D'Aubry) was also held in jail.
Date:: November 23, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Gertrude Charlebois campaigns for custody of her 4-year-old daughter, Los Angeles, 1935

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

Grace Kelly boarding an American Airlines plane, Los Angeles, 1956

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Grace Kelly Arrives in New York on Way to Keep Bridal Date Next Month." 23 Mar. 1956: Pg. 1.
Date:: March 22, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Rita Carewe divorces Edwin Carewe, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Rita Carewe Wins Decree," Los Angeles Times, 04 Jan 1936: 3.
Date:: January 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Grace Kelly, Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1956

Description:: Grace Kelly at the 28th Academy Awards held at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.
Date:: March 21, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

John Monk Saunders and Fay Wray at a train station, Los Angles, 1930

Description:: Photograph of novelist and screenwriter John Monk Saunders holding the hand of his wife, actress Fay Wray as she stands on the steps of a train car, wearing a fur coat and holding a bouquet.
Date:: 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Helen Wilkinson comforts Dorothy Mackaye during murder trial, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Dorothy Mackaye, left, sits beside Helen Wilkinson, right. Wilkinson holds Mackaye's hand on her lap.
Date:: May, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dick Powell and June Allyson on their wedding day, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:: Actor/singer Dick Powell and his bride actress June Allyson cutting their wedding cake on their wedding day. The small ceremony was held at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Green in Cheviot Hills. It was conducted by Superior Judge Edward Brand and Louis B. Mayer gave the bride away.
Date:: August 18, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Ethlyne Clair, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Actress Ethlyne Clair wearing a fur coat, looking off to the side.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Jacqueline Wells with her husband Walter Brooks III and another couple at a banquet, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Julie Bishop (born Jacqueline Brown), previously known as Jacqueline Wells, was an American film and television actress. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1923 and 1957.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dolly Mannon and Mary McGowan posing for a picture, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Dolly Mannon (left) and Mary McGowan (right). Mary is hugging Dolly with her right arm. Both are smiling.
Date:: July 10, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Grace Kelly and Marlon Brando at the Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1955

Description:: Marlon Brando kissing Grace Kelly at the 27th Annual Academy Awards at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. They both are holding their Oscars for best actor and best actress.
Date:: March 30, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Loretta Young, circa 1940

Description:: Loretta Young sits in a chair in what appears to be an office, wearing a floral print dress, long white jacket, and banded cartwheel hat.
Date:: 1940?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actor Robert Williams proposing to actress Alice Lake, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:: Eastern Actor Robert Williams proposing to actress Alice Lake as she steps out of boat.
Date:: 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Cecilia Parker, actress, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Cecilia Parker seated in a wooden chair.
Date:: 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Dorothy Mackaye sentenced to prison, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Dorothy Mackaye sits with her legs crossed in a chair. She appears to be wearing a women's prison uniform.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Arthur Rankin and Marian Mansfield before their wedding, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Related to several articles in the Los Angeles Times announcing their upcoming wedding dated between August 3 and August 12, 1935. The couple were married August 11, 1935.
Date:: August 2, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Betty Andre with three other unidentified girls (copy photograph), Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Betty Andre's birth name was Elizabeth Anderson, and she was the sister of Lona Andre, also a screen actress.
Date:: Nov. 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Morris Stoloff, Vincent Price, and Anita Ekberg, Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1958

Description:: Morris Stoloff, Vincent Price and Anita Ekberg at the 30th Annual Academy Awards at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.
Date:: March 26, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Deborah Kerr, Tony Bartley, and daughter Melanie Jane Bartley, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Los Angeles, 1957

Description:: A different photograph of the family appears with the article, "Tale of Nun and Marine on Island Unique Film." Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 1957: Pg. 5.
Date:: March 14, 1957
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Christine Maple agrees to treatment for her nervous breakdown, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Christine leans on a bureau, posing with a smile for the camera.
Date:: [circa April 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lester Rollo Stoefen and Ruth Henrietta Moody apply for their marriage license, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A different photograph of Stoefen and Moody taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Net Champion Stoefen Files Marriage Notice," Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 1936: 1.
Date:: February 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Susan Hayward with her sons Tim and Greg, Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1956

Description:: Susan Hayward with her two sons at the 28th Annual Academy Awards at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.
Date:: March 21, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Jayne Manners seeks alimony from ex-husband Maurice L. Kusell, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Maurice Kusell won a divorce from Jayne Manners after eight months of marriage on the grounds that she stabbed him during an argument, Manners however denies the charge and seeks $500 a month in alimony.
Date:: September 7, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Kay Hughes modeling a dress and fur jacket, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This is a portrait of actress Kay Hughes, modeling a fur coat and dress.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Anna Maria Alberghetti, Deborah Kerr, and Harold E. Hulsing, Los Angeles, 1957

Description:: Actresses Anna Maria Alberghetti and Deborah Kerr re-registering for alien registration month at the U.S. Immigration Service's headquarters in Los Angeles. Standing behind them is Harold E. Hulsing, an Immigration Service official.
Date:: January 2, 1957
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Betty Boyd at the time she dropped her suit over a divorce decree, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: This photograph appears with the articles: "Actress Drops Marital Suit," Los Angeles Times, July 15, 1934; and "Betty Boyd Obtains Final Divorce From Rich Broker," Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1934.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Virginia Bruce Gilbert and Officers O’Louis and Glavey, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: This photograph may be associated with the article, “Guarded From Kidnap Threat: BRUCE HOME UNDER GUARD Film Writer Tells How She Received Warning on Kidnaping Plot,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 1936: A3.
Date:: February 26, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Adrienne Ames and Harold B. Jette on stage at L. A. Times Cooking Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, “Cooking Art Show Ends,” Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar 1936: A3.
Date:: March 13, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lola Lane divorces husband Lew Ayres, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Lola Lane has divorced husband Lew Ayres, and successfully gotten $35,000 in a property settlement agreement.
Date:: February 3, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Diana Alden, actress, in costume and dramatic pose, Los Angeles, circa 1923

Description:: Diana Alden is an actress, known for The Riptide (1923) and Dynamite Dan (1924).
Date:: [between 1923-1924]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Ruby Keeler at a train station, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Ruby Keeler holds her small dog and waves, standing in front of a train.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Screen actress Marion Sayers (copy), Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph of Marion Sayers where she is posed before a floral backdrop, smiling.
Date:: August 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Margie C. Belcher testifies in sister Lina Basquette's divorce from husband, Los Angeles, California

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Lina Basquette Awarded Divorce From Ted Hayes," Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec 1935: A2.
Date:: December 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Margaret Ainslie finds her coat missing, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: The doorkeeper of Miss Ainslie's building noticed a couple leaving, the girl wearing a fur coat and the man carrying a cape on his arm, and took down their license plate number.
Date:: April 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Faith Hampton sues stunt man for injury, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Actress Faith Hampton sued stunt man Jack Gallagher for $58,000 on the grounds that Gallagher struck her on May 11 and she had been unable to work. She was awarded $260 in damages on September 10.
Date:: July 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Claire Windsor at the District Attorney's office, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Claire Windsor has gone to the District Attorney's office to ask for an investigation relating to her oil investments.
Date:: November 28, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Paul Schenck questioning Anna Luther during her suit against J. F. White for breach of contract, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:: Paul Schenck, attorney, points to a sheaf of papers as he questions silent film actress Anna Luther, seated in a witness stand in court. Luther had brought a suit against Jack White, a wealthy mine operator, in a breach of contract suit for failing to star her in 4 motion pictures as he had promised. The judge's chair, behind them, is empty.
Date:: [August 1924]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Doris Kenyon as child, Los Angeles, [1900-1904?]

Description:: Portrait photograph of Actress Doris Kenyon as child. She first appeared on the screen in 1915.
Date:: [between 1900-1904?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan pose together, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan (known as the Heavenly Twins and the Duncan Sisters) pose together looking at what may be financial records of some sort.
Date:: September 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mrs. Edna Jacobs and Elaine Barrie aboard a train, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Actress Elaine Barrie sits in a train compartment with her dog, Lady Bing, on her lap and mother by her side, smoking a cigarette.
Date:: March 26, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Maurice Kusell, Blayney Matthews, Jayne Manners and Milton Golden During the case of the disappearance of Justice Crater, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: It was a matter of he-said, she-said during Maurice Kusell's divorce hearing from his wife Jayne Manners regarding information about the five-year-old disappearance of Supreme Court Justice Joseph F. Crater, the couple steadfastly supporting their two different stories regarding the Crater disappearance.
Date:: September 10, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Veora Daniel Casady obtains a portion of her money from a property dispute, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Veora poses in front of a white backdrop.
Date:: November 10, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Estelle Taylor, actress, gazing into a mirror, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: A similar photograph takes on the same occasion appears with the nrticle, “Estelle Taylor legally drops name of Dempsey,” Los Angeles Times, 12 Jul. 1935: 13.
Date:: July 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

John Monk Saunders and Fay Wray at a train station, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: Photograph of novelist and screenwriter John Monk Saunders holding the hands of his wife, actress Fay Wray, seated on the steps of a train car, wearing a fur coat and holding a bouquet.
Date:: 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

ZaSu Pitts in court to divorce Tom Gallery, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "ZaSu Pitts Divorces Gallery. Boxing Promoter Packed and Left Five Years Ago, Film Actress Testifies," Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 1932: A1.
Date:: April, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Loretta Young, circa 1940

Description:: Loretta Young sits in a chair in what appears to be an office, wearing a floral print dress, long white jacket, and banded cartwheel hat. She holds a small metal case in her hand
Date:: 1940?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Helen Ann Rork resolves a settlement with her estranged husband Jean Paul Getty, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Deal Closes Getty Case," Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep 1935: 15.
Date:: September 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Merna Kennedy in a publicity still [rephotographed], Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Rephotograph of actress Merna Kennedy, who came into the spotlight as the leading lady on the Charlie Chaplin film, "The Circus."
Date:: [Between 1926 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sisters Dorothy and Lucille McNames go to court over a traffic suit, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Jury Hears Crash Suit on Durante's Manager," Los Angeles Times, 04 Oct 1935: A12.
Date:: October 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Agnes Anderson, actress, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: This photograph appears with the photo feature titled, “Three young women given start in films,” Los Angeles Times, 20 Jun. 1934, A1.
Date:: June 20, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actor John Quillan smiles at his soon-to-be wife, actress Anita Thompson who holds their marriage license, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: John Quillan was the brother of film and television actor Eddie Quillan.
Date:: September 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Catherine Wurzell smiles for a portrait, Los Angeles, 1934-1935

Description:: This photograph appears in the article, "Fight to Go on During Stay in Jail." Los Angeles Times, 8 April 1935: A2.
Date:: [between 1934-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ada Williams, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Ada Williams (later Ada Ince), winner of the Miss Florida beauty pageant in 1927, in a bathing suit with a "Miss Florida" banner. Ms. Williams was awarded her first film studio contract in 1928.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Typescript note describing related photograph of Basque garden fete, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Most likely related to the article, "Basque Fete Will Benefit Bishop's Fund. Fiesta to Be Given on Bel-Air Grounds July 23." Los Angeles Times, 7 July 1935: B2.
Date:: July 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Betty Furness and Phyllis Fraser with newly approved contracts, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: 16-year-olds Betty Furness and Phyllis Fraser have signed their first motion picture contracts in Superior Judge Wood's court.
Date:: July 22, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lillian May Fletcher (actress Billie Whitmore) in court following a hearing related to her divorce, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: A different photograph of Lilliam May Fletcher taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Actress Wins Alimony Order," Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 1932: pg. A3.
Date:: Oct. 31, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Joan Dix wins lawsuit against Frank Tipper for injuries in car crash, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: View of Joan Dix seated on desk, in jacket, holding right wrist. Joan Dix was a screen actress and dancer who complained she suffered from headaches and dizzy spells which had prevented her working because of a collision between her car and Frank Tipper's, as reported in the article, "Suit Winner: Dancer Wins Crash Cash." Los Angeles Times 3 Sept. 1935.
Date:: September 2, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ann Harding with lawyer Roland Rich Woolley at a deposition, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph of motion picture actress, Ann Harding, as she gives a deposition in the contest between herself and her former husband, Harry Bannister, over the custody of their daughter. She was represented by her attorney, Roland Rich Woolley.
Date:: Aug 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ben Gage, Esther Williams, Arlene Dahl, and Lew Barker at the Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1951

Description:: Ben Gage, Esther Williams, Arlene Dahl, and Lew Barker at the 23rd Annual Academy Awards at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.
Date:: March 29, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Katheryn Carver wins large settlement from Adolphe Menjou, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Menjou Marital Ties Severed," Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug 1933: A2.
Date:: August 14, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mary Carlisle, actress, testifies at her automobile injury trial, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Mary Carlisle describes the great personal distress she felt upon accidentally striking down surveyor Fred A. Finer in her automobile, who is suing her and others involved in his accident for $20,648 for damages.
Date:: November 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Elinor Fair divorces husband Thomas W. Daniels, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Elinor sits in the witness box, smiling, her chin resting on her hands.
Date:: June 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Joan Gale, Los Angeles, 1932-1938 (?)

Description:: Portrait photograph of actress Joan Gale seated on desk.
Date:: [between 1932-1938?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Jean Rogers, actress, and Juan Govi at a restaurant, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Jean Rogers and Juan Govi seated at a restaurant table. The walls behind them are made of logs.
Date:: September 16. 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Actress Joan Marsh, Los Angeles, 1936

Date:: February, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Geneva Mitchell and Morry Cohn seek money from the Sherman estate, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Business manager Morry Cohn has gone to court for a claim against Lowell Sherman's estate, accompanied by Sherman's fiancé Geneva Mitchell as his witness, to claim $6056.17 for his unpaid fees.
Date:: September 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Actress Kathryn Landy wins car accident suit, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Ex-Actress Wins Award," Los Angeles Times, 04 Sep 1935: A1.
Date:: September 7, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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