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Mrs. Etta Sax, who asked $1,500,000 in damages from Universal Pictures for allegedly stealing her story, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Mrs. Etta Sax, who asked $1,500,000 in damages from Universal Pictures for allegedly stealing her story, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 27, 1935
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.
Etta Sax, who was bringing a lawsuit against Universal Pictures, poses holding what appears to be a pad of paper. She wears a hat and a fur stole.
This photograph appears with the article, "Studio Sued Over Story: Asking $1,500,000, Woman Says 'King of Jazz' Was Stolen From Her," Los Angeles Times, 28 Sept. 1935: A5.
Text from negative sleeve: 2927- Mrs. Etta Sax. Suing Universal Pictures for stealing idea. [Stamped:] Nov 22 1935
Handwritten on negative: Mrs Etta Sax
Text from newspaper caption: Award Sought: Mrs. Etta Sax, who asks $1,500,000 damages from Universal Pictures Corporation
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10701
ark:/21198/zz002h9sf5
Subject: Actions and defenses--California--Los Angeles
Sax, Etta
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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