Winifred Westover Hart using a magazine to hide her face from photographers during the George K. Dazey murder trial, where she was a witness, Los Angeles, 1940
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mrs. Winifred Westover Hart, former silent film actress and ex-wife of cowboy actor William S. Hart, using a magazine to hide her face from photographers during the George K. Dazey murder trial. Hart testifed that she had heard screams coming from the Dazey residence on the night George Dazey allegedly murdered his wife, Doris. Hart also said that she had received threats over the telephone after she began telling people about the screams. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Hart, Winifred Westover (ex-Mrs. Bill Hart) (22,736 #1) Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Winifred [Westover] Hart
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b&w nitrate negative
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22736 uclamss_1387_22736-01 ark:/21198/zz0027zm3s
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Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Crime Legal Media Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Hart, Winifred Westover, 1899-1978
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