Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Judge Blake ruled that 4-year-old Michele Carter, who has been featured in motion picture for over a year, will go to live with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. George H. Carter. Judge Blake steadies Michele with one arm as she wraps her hands around his face. Photograph appears with the article, "Court Hears Child's Plea," Los Angeles Times, 07 Aug 1935: A1. Text from negative sleeve: 1891 - Michele Carter - Juvenile Star Judge Samuel Blake [stamped:] Sep 4- 1935 Handwritten on negative: Michele Carter Judge Samuel S. Blake Text from newspaper caption: What do you suppose Superior Judge Blake said when Michele Carter, 4-year-old film juvenile, threw her arms about his neck and asked him Please to let her grandparents adopt her? Why, certainly, he granted the petition.
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_8194 ark:/21198/zz002dg1d1
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No linguistic content
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Custody of children--California--Los Angeles Child actors--California--Los Angeles Judges--California--Los Angeles Blake, Samuel R., 1895-1974 Carter, Michele, b. 1931 or 32
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