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Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 29, 1935
1935-09-29
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.
Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher. Busby was on trial for manslaughter after he was involved in a car crash where two women, Ada von Briesen and Peggy Daley, died.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Busby Berkeley on stretcher.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Berkeley, Busby; Enos, Gertrude Berkeley. "Enos, Gertrude Berkeley" crossed out in pencil. "On stretcher" written in pencil after "Berkeley, Busby". In pen: Removed - 1.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288461
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture producers & directors--American--California--Los Angeles
People
Crime
Legal
Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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