Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Bessie sits in the witness stand with her hands folded in her lap. Writers' agent Earl Taylor is being taken to court for petty theft on the charges that he falsely promised Nan Kee and Hilda Parvey that their manuscripts were being seriously considered by motion-picture production agents. Taylor's former secretary, Mrs. Bessie Karb, testifies that of the conversations she heard between the defendant and the complaining witnesses there were no false promises made. Photograph appears with the article, "Writer's Agent Defends Self on Witness Stand," Los Angeles Times, 09 Oct 1935: A3. Text from negative sleeve: 2398 - Bessie Karp 10-8-35 witness in Earl Taylor Trial Handwritten on negative: Bessie Karp 10-8-35 Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Bessie Karb, ex-secretary to Earl W. Taylor, writers' agent charged with petty theft, declares at trial that Taylor made no fake promises to clients.
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_8842 ark:/21198/zz002dgsrt
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Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Karb, Bessie
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