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Film actor Clark Gable speaking with U.S. Attorney Jack Powell, Los Angeles, 1937

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Title: Film actor Clark Gable speaking with U.S. Attorney Jack Powell, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa April 21, 1937]
1937-04-21
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.
Film actor Clark Gable conferring with U.S. Attorney Jack Powell over an open book. Gable had been visiting the Federal Court in order to serve as a witness against Mrs. Violet Wells Norton and Jack L. Smith, who were charged with attempting to extort money from the actor.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Gable, Clark; Gable, W.H. (Father); Powell, Jack - Dept. US Atty. (Norton-Gable Trial); Horse - "Beverly Hills"
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Clark Gable and Jack Powell
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288ngd
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Actors--American--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
People
Government
Legal
Gable, Clark, 1901-1960
Powell, Jack Lewis, 1909-1997
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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