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Witness Virginia O'Brien, plaintiff Rubey Baco,n and witness Francess Shortell come to their aunt's aid in her divorce, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Witness Virginia O'Brien, plaintiff Rubey Baco,n and witness Francess Shortell come to their aunt's aid in her divorce, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 19, 1935
1935-12-19
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph appears with the article, "Mrs. Lloyd Bacon Wins Divorce From Director," Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec 1935: A8.
Rubey Bacon sits shoulder-to-shoulder between her two nieces, dressed in their coats and hats while they stare into the distance
Rubey Bacon appeared in court in extreme emotional distress to divorce her allegedly violent and verbally abusive film director husband Lloyd Bacon. She was rewarded a divorce and a $125,000 settlement.
Text from negative sleeve: 4086 - LTR Virginia O'Brien (niece) Ruby (Rubey) Bacon (Plaintiff)(actress) Frances Shortell (niece) 12-18-35 Divorce Suit (from director Lloyd Bacon) [stamped:] Dec 20 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Rubey Bacon, center, was granted a divorce yesterday from Lloyd Bacon, film rector, on the testimony of her two nieces, Virginia O'Brien, left, and Frances Shortell.
Handwritten on negative: LtR - Virginia O'Brien - Ruby Bacon - Frances Shortell - 12-18-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13101
ark:/21198/zz002hn7fx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Divorced women
Family members--American--California--Los Angeles
Bacon, Rubey
Shortell, Frances, b. 1913 or 1914
O'Brien, Virginia, b. 1919 or 1920
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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