Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Film actor Clark Gable entering the office of the Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Powell. 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
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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ark:/21198/zz00288nv3
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Subject
Actors--American--California--Los Angeles People Gable, Clark, 1901-1960
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