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Title: Bullet mark on Joan Bennett's Cadillac automobile, Los Angeles, Calif., 1951
Date Created and/or Issued: December 15, 1951
1951-12-15
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Bennett's husband, film producer Walter Wander, was arrested for assault to commit murder for the shooting. Bennett and Wander were in a divorce suit, where Wander accused agent Jennings Lang of alienating Bennett's affections.
MARK OF JEALOUS ANGER-- Here's dent made by bullet glancing off Joan Bennett's auto, as husband met her and agent on parking lot.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b140_73456-1
ark:/21198/zz00089bc6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crime
Divorce suits--California--Los Angeles County
Wander, Walter, 1894-1968--Divorce
Bennett, Joan, 1910-1990--Divorce
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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