Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Bout Delays Keaton Tilt," Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep 1935: A3. The two women stand on either side of Mae Elizabeth's chair. Buster Keaton could not be in court to face his first wife Natalie Talmadge and his estranged wife Mae Elizabeth Scrivens Keathon on account of his visit to New York to watch the Baer-Louis fight. Text from negative sleeve: 2370 - L to R- Mrs. Marie Rosier Mrs. Mae Elizabeth Keaton Mrs. Beth Cross 9-25-35 alimony case (Buster Keaton's 2nd wife) [stamped:] Oct 3- 1935 Handwritten on negative: L to R - Mrs. Marie Rosier - Mrs. Mae Elizabeth Keaton Mrs. Beth Cross 9-25-35 Text from newspaper caption: In court to press her side of a double-header alimony battle against Buster Keaton, Mrs. Mae Elizabeth Keaton, his estranged wife, is shown in center with Mrs. Marie Rosier, left, and Mrs. Beth Cross. The case was continued because of the comedian being in New York.
Type
image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8816 ark:/21198/zz002dgrvw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Divorce--California--Los Angeles Scrivens, Mae Elizabeth Rosier, Marie, 1906-1995 Cross, Beth
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