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Title
Lucille Collins to appear in court over friend's stabbing, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
August 1, 1935
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Lucille rests her chin on her folded hands, leaning over the back of a chair.
Lucille Collins is to appear in the preliminary hearing of Charles B. Lynch, 35-year-old studio sculptor who stabbed her friend Al Spencer in a hotel lobby on Melrose Avenue last July 21. Night clerk Jack Lannon testified that he had to bite Lynch to make him drop the knife after stabbing Spencer in the back due to an altercation.
Photo appear with caption: Kept from court: because she may be called as witness, Lucille Collins, actress, was excluded from hearing of Charles B. Lynch, sculptor accused of stabbing Al Spencer, studio worker. Los Angeles Times 30 Jul 1935: 24.
Story related to article appears with the photograph, "Court Rules Bar Actress," Los Angeles Times, 30 July 1935: A2.
Handwritten on negative: Lucille Collins
Text from negative sleeve: 1303 - Lucille Collins - (actress | [stamped:] Aug 1- 1935
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7888
ark:/21198/zz002dfnv0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Collins, Lucille, 1914-1980
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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