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Title
Actor Ben Lyon on the witness stand during a trial for Albert F. Holland, who wrote 150 love letters to Lyon's wife, actress Bebe Daniels, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
January 4, 1933
1933-01-04
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Actor Ben Lyon on the witness stand during a trial for 36-year-old war veteran Albert F. Holland. Holland's sanity was questioned after he wrote more than 150 love letters to Lyon's wife, actress Bebe Daniels, and claimed to have married her in Mexico. During the case, Holland ran most of his own defense, including a lengthy cross-examination of Lyon. The jury ultimately found Holland to be insane and committed him to the state hospital.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Daniels, Bebe - Lyon, Ben - (in pencil) Kenyon, Doris
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz00280t5k
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actors--American--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
People
Legal
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Lyon, Ben, 1901-1979
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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