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Vilma Aknay and attorney Harry F. Sewell in court, Los Angeles, between 1934-1935

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Title: Vilma Aknay and attorney Harry F. Sewell in court, Los Angeles, between 1934-1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1934 and 1936]
1934/1936
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Vilma Aknay appears to be reading from papers brought to stand by attorney Harry F. Sewell.
Possibly related to the article, "Vajda Love Notes Read," Los Angeles Times, 5 Jun. 1935: A3
A $250,000 breach-of-promise suit filed against Hungarian playwright Ernest Vajda by Aknay in 1934. Love notes from Vajda to Aknay admitted into evidence June 1935 as Harry F. Sewell questioned Aknay on witness stand. Notes submitted by Hungarian actress Sari Fedak in defense of Aknay.
Handwritten on negative: Vilma Aknay
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10999
ark:/21198/zz002h8z2f
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Actresses--Hungarian--California--Los Angeles
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Sewell, Harry F., 1889-1941
Aknay, Vilma, b. 1890 or 91
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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