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Helen Wright, three-year-old daughter of Paul A. Wright, who is accused of the double murder of his wife and best friend, Los Angeles, November 1937

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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
Helen Wright, three-year-old daughter of Paul A. Wright, who is accused of the double murder of his wife and best friend, Los Angeles, November 1937

Robert Lange, his sister Ruth Lange and Werner Kawert sitting on a table in the press room, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
From left to right: Robert Lange (19), his sister Ruth Lange (17) and Werner Kawert (21) sitting on a table in a press room. The Lange siblings were injured in October of 1938 when two automobiles struck the hayrack they were riding in, at the time of the accident they were 18 and 16 years old. This photo is not necessarily related to that incident.
Date:
[between 1939-1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Robert Lange, his sister Ruth Lange and Werner Kawert sitting on a table in the press room, Los Angeles, 1940

Robert Lange, his sister Ruth Lange and Werner Kawert sitting in a row of seats, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
From left to right: Robert Lange (19), his sister Ruth Lange (17) and Werner Kawert (21) sitting in a row of seats. The Lange siblings were injured in October of 1938 when two automobiles struck the hayrack they were riding in, at the time of the accident they were 18 and 16 years old. This photo is not necessarily related to that incident.
Date:
[between 1939-1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Robert Lange, his sister Ruth Lange and Werner Kawert sitting in a row of seats, Los Angeles, 1940

Robert Lange, his sister Ruth Lange and Werner Kawert sitting on a table in the press room, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
From left to right: Robert Lange (19), his sister Ruth Lange (17) and Werner Kawert (21) sitting on a table in a press room. The Lange siblings were injured in October of 1938 when two automobiles struck the hayrack they were riding in, at the time of the accident they were 18 and 16 years old. This photo is not necessarily related to that incident.
Date:
[between 1939-1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Robert Lange, his sister Ruth Lange and Werner Kawert sitting on a table in the press room, Los Angeles, 1940

Bert C. Beers, who filed a petition to appoint a guardian to his father's estate and requested annulment of his father's marriage, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Bert C. Beers, who filed a petition to appoint a guardian to his father's estate. The two women in the photographs may be his wife (left) and daughter, Alberta (center). Bert Beers claimed his father, Frank Beers (83), needed a guardian because he is not mentally capable of running his affairs. Bert Beers also requested annulment of his father's marriage to Brownie Parker Beers (53), claiming Frank Beers wasn't in his right mind when he eloped.
Date:
between February 1 and May 3, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Bert C. Beers, who filed a petition to appoint a guardian to his father's estate and requested annulment of his father's marriage, Los Angeles, 1940

Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

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Brothers and restaurateurs Benny and Anthony “Tony Lucey” Castellucci who were reunited after 32 years when Tony Lucey dropped in to Benny’s Italian café to check out his competition. The two men started talking and found out they were brothers who had been separated when they each left Italy to seek their fortunes in America in 1908 and 1913.
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
Brothers and restaurateurs Benny and Anthony “Tony Lucey” Castellucci who were reunited after 32 years when Tony Lucey dropped in to Benny’s Italian café to check out his competition. The two men started talking and found out they were brothers who had been separated when they each left Italy to seek their fortunes in America in 1908 and 1913.
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
Brothers and restaurateurs Benny and Anthony “Tony Lucey” Castellucci who were reunited after 32 years when Tony Lucey dropped in to Benny’s Italian café to check out his competition. The two men started talking and found out they were brothers who had been separated when they each left Italy to seek their fortunes in America in 1908 and 1913.
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Former film actress Fanchon Royer Gallagher with her five children during a divorce hearing involving her ex-husband, producer John J. Gallagher, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
Former film actress Fanchon Royer Gallagher with her five children: Royer, Edward, Sandra, Fanchon and Jacquelyn. Fanchon and Jacquelyn are her children with John J. Gallagher, film producer, against whom Mrs. Fanchon Gallagher has filed a divorce suit based on Mr. Gallagher's alleged misconduct with another woman. Mr. Gallagher responded to the suit by saying that the "other woman" is his second wife who he married a year after his divorce from Mrs. Fanchon Gallagher. Royer, Edward and Sandra are from Mrs. Fanchon Gallagher's previous marriage but they were adopted by Mr. Gallagher.Note: Los Angeles Times lists the children as: Royer (17), Edward (13), Sandra (9), Fanchon (6) and Jaqelyn (4). This differs from the negative and sleeve listing
Date:
November 27, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Former film actress Fanchon Royer Gallagher with her five children during a divorce hearing involving her ex-husband, producer John J. Gallagher, Los Angeles, 1939

Silent film actress Sylvia Breamer in court with her sister Doris Kelly, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Silent film actress Sylvia Breamer (full name Sylvia Poppy Breamer Bohan) with her sister Doris Kelly in court attempting to recover $4000 which was loaned to her ex-husband Edmund R. Bohan from her late mother Jessie K. Plunkett. Breamer claimed that Bohan had never paid her mother back and now the money was rightfully owed to her and her sister, the heirs to their mother's estate. Bohan said the money was a gift from his former mother-in-law.
Date:
February 20, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Silent film actress Sylvia Breamer in court with her sister Doris Kelly, Los Angeles, 1940

Silent film actress Sylvia Breamer in court with her sister Doris Kelly, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Silent film actress Sylvia Breamer (full name Sylvia Poppy Breamer Bohan) with her sister Doris Kelly in court attempting to recover $4000 which was loaned to her ex-husband Edmund R. Bohan from her late mother Jessie K. Plunkett. Breamer claimed that Bohan had never paid her mother back and now the money was rightfully owed to her and her sister, the heirs to their mother's estate. Bohan said the money was a gift from his former mother-in-law.
Date:
February 20, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Silent film actress Sylvia Breamer in court with her sister Doris Kelly, Los Angeles, 1940

British nobles Lord and Lady Louis Mountbatten with their daughter Patricia and southern California host, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Los Angeles, October, 1941

Description:
(Left to right) Cousin of King George VI and Captain of the Royal Navy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, his wife Lady Edwina Mountbatten, their daughter Patricia Mountbatten, and actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. during the Mountbatten's week long visit to Southern California. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks hosted the Mountbattens for their stay, during which they relaxed, saw the city, and toured the Walt Disney Studio.
Date:
between October 1 and October 9, 1941
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
British nobles Lord and Lady Louis Mountbatten with their daughter Patricia and southern California host, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Los Angeles, October, 1941

Berthal Gregory and Marion Fitts, sister and wife of District Attorney Buron Fitts, at a trial concerning financial transactions within the Fitts family, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:
Mrs. Berthal Gregory, sister and secretary of District Attorney Buron Fitts, and Mrs. Marion Fitts, Buron's wife, sitting together during a trial. The trial is probably concerning financial transactions within the Fitts family, specifically involving the 1931 sale of an orange grove to Buron from his parents.
Date:
1930s
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Berthal Gregory and Marion Fitts, sister and wife of District Attorney Buron Fitts, at a trial concerning financial transactions within the Fitts family, Los Angeles, 1930s

Joseph Scott, Giles Knight, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Rolf Kennedy McPherson at a slander trial, Los Angeles, April 1937

Description:
(left to right) Attorney Joseph Scott, Angelus Temple business manager Giles Knight, Angelus Temple founder and pastor Aimee Semple McPherson, and Rolf Kennedy McPherson, son of Aimee. All are at a trial in which Aimee's daughter Roberta Semple has brought a $150,000 slander suit against Willedd Andrews, attorney for Aimmee McPherson and Angelus Temple. Miss Semple claims that Andrews had made untrue statements about her, including that Semple and her husband Jacob Moidel (former Temple attorney) had kidnapped Aimee and forced her to sign several documents. Joseph Scott acted as attorney for Andrews while Rolf and Aimee McPherson stood as witnesses. Roberta Semple was ultimately offered $2000 in damages. This trial was the latest in a series of tumultuous family relations which began with Aimee's decision to retain Giles Knight as business manager against Roberta's wishes
Date:
between April 12 and April 23, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Joseph Scott, Giles Knight, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Rolf Kennedy McPherson at a slander trial, Los Angeles, April 1937