Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Miss Wilkinson watches her friend Dorothy's face as she puts one arm around her shoulder. Dorothy rests her chin in one gloved hand and looks into the distance. Photograph appears with the article, "Case Promises New Sensation," Los Angeles Times, 12 May 1927: A2. Miss Mackaye became overwhelmed while listening to Charlotte Ethel Lee's account of the circumstances that lead up to her husband Ray Raymond's death. Text from negative sleeve: MacKaye, Dorothy Murder 1927 Text from newspaper caption: Courtroom Scenes Above--Charlotte Ethel Lee, on the witness stand: Judge Burnell, right. Court reporter, foreground. Below-Helen Wilkinson comforting Dorothy Mackaye just before the latter rushed from the courtroom.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6181 ark:/21198/zz002cwbrh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles Friendship Widows Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Mackaye, Dorothy Wilkinson, Helen
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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