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Description:: Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872-May 24, 1944) , author, poses in Los Angeles. Wright was a novelist and playwright who worked in Hollywood. He wrote fifteen original screenplays and he sold five of his novels to moviemakers (1926-1941). Movies based on his novels include The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and The Shepherd of the Hills (1941). Wright died in La Jolla and was buried in San Diego.
Date:: [between 1926-1941?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872-May 24, 1944) , author, poses in Los Angeles. Wright was a novelist and playwright who worked in Hollywood. He wrote fifteen original screenplays and he sold five of his novels to moviemakers (1926-1941). Movies based on his novels include The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and The Shepherd of the Hills (1941). Wright died in La Jolla and was buried in San Diego.
Date:: [between 1926-1941?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mildred Doherty worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune at the time that she met her future husband, Eddie Doherty, a writer.
Date:: March 16, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Dan McNally (left), David Hutton (middle), and Jonathan Perkins huddled together during Rheba Crawford Case. Dave holds a pad of paper in his hands.
Date:: September 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Hobart C. Chatfield-Taylor was an American writer, novelist, and biographer. He was considered a top authority on Molière.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Peter B. Kyne stepping off of United Air Lines plane with hat and coat on.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Zane Grey wearing a suit and holding a newspaper, paper roll and hat, stands in front of riveted metal (probably on board a ship upon arrival in port).
Date:: September 6, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The previous night in celebration of his 94th birthday Widney had 100 friends and acquaintances at his home at 3001 Marmion Way. He advises that people should avoid tobacco and drugs at all costs and take alcohol as medicine. He has published ten philosophical works so far.
Date:: December 31, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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