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Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born silent film actress, famously known as "America's sweetheart," co-founder of American Artists film studio, and one of the original founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Photograph caption dated July 29, 1947 reads "Tells her version of movie deal." Pickford testifying at the breach of contract trial in which LaCava claimed she hired him to direct a film.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Identifier
00106811 Herald Examiner Collection HE box 1009 CARL0005336666 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/31764
Subject
Pickford, Mary,--1892-1979 Pickford, Mary,--1892-1979--Trials, litigation, etc La Cava, Gregory,--1892-1952--Trials, litigation, etc Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Women--California--Los Angeles Trials--California--Los Angeles Contracts for work and labor--United States Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Microphones Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
