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Title
Cagney sues Warner, testifies in court
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated March 5, 1936 reads "James Cagney, red-haired screen star, is shown on the witness stand in court here today when he told how he agreed that Warner Bros. studio might impound $1250 weekly of his salary to insure his being 'a so-called good boy.' He is suing the studio to break his contract, claiming an oral agreement providing that he make only four films a year was violated."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00105839
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 3487
CARL0005225480
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30870
Subject
Cagney, James,--1899-1986
Cagney, James,--1899-1986--Trials, litigation, etc
California.--Superior Court (Los Angeles County)
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Portrait photographs

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