Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated September 26, 1966 reads "Actress in court to back suit for $9.6 million." Hedy Lamarr can be seen with her lawyer Jordan Wank at the Superior Court where she attempted to stop the publication of her autobiography "Ecstasy and Me" pending a suit she filed against publishers for $9.6 million in damages. She claimed that the book's account of her love life was "libelous and obscene."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Lamarr, Hedy,--1913-2000 Lamarr, Hedy,--1913-2000--Trials, litigation, etc California.--Superior Court (Los Angeles County) Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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