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Description:: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Ballet dancers on stage in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of "Ghost Town." The ballet was choreographed by American dancer Marc Platoff and performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Date:: February 09, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: "Baron" Benny Ginsberg and Bluebeard Lewis take their wrestling match outside the ring at the Olympic stadium in downtown Los Angeles. Lewis pinned Ginsberg in 3 minutes and 12 seconds. May 26, 1937.
Date:: May 26, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Patrons playing cards in a casino. Hawthorne, Compton, Monterey Park, and Long Beach closed several gaming places after Attorney General Webb found games of chance unlawful.
Date:: [circa January 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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