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Title: Faith Hampton is awarded a fraction of her lawsuit, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 26, 1935
1935-09-26
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.
Faith sits at a table resting her chin in one hand.
Photograph appears with the article, "Actress Awarded $260 For Stunt Man's Blow," Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep 1935: 12.
Miss Hampton was granted $260 in Superior Judge Pacht's court from her testimony that stunt man Jack Gallagher struck her and knocked her down last May. She claimed that due to Mr. Gallagher's assault she had gained 25 pounds and has since been unable to act in pictures.
Text from negative sleeve: 2310 - Faith Hampton actress 9-10-35 assualt + Battery [stamped:] Sep 26 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Faith Hampton, shown in court yesterday at trial of her suit for $58,000 against Jack Gallagher, film stunt man, who, she charged, knocked her down. She was awarded $260.
Handwritten on negative: Faith Hampton 9-10-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8732
ark:/21198/zz002dgnz0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Hampton, Faith, 1907-1949
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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