Minnie Kennedy, mother of the evangelist AImee Semple McPherson, is handed a pen by Barney Bernard to sign some documents, as Guy Edward Hudson watches. Kennedy and Hudson were married in 1931. Barney Bernard (born Junius Lorraine Bernard, 1885-1950) was a newspaperman who wrote for the Herald Express, the Pasadena Star, the Los Angeles Times, and the Examiner. In addition, he was an assistant director during the filming of "Birth of a Nation" and afterwards did motion picture publicity in New York City.
Albert Smith, Jerry Ramlow, and Barney Bernard with equipment confiscated from a police raid on the residence at 1019 North Doheny Road on the night of January 4, 1938. The house was apparently operating as a casino for two weeks before tuxedo-clad policemen infiltrated the party and confiscated gambling equipment, $1755 in cash, and arrested seven men. Almost a hundred others, including high profile film actors and producers, were found at the residence.