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Assistant U. S. Attorney Jack Irwin sits beside Madge Bellamy as she listens to the testimony of her father in court, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Assistant U. S. Attorney Jack Irwin sits beside Madge Bellamy as she listens to the testimony of her father in court, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 12, 1935
1935-12-12
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, "Film Player Hears Case," Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec 1935: 5.
William Philpott appears before United States District Judge Stephens in a trial accusing him of misuse of the mails, of which his daughter, actress Madge Bellamy, sits in the courtroom to hear, unable to stay away from her father's trial.
In an otherwise empty courtroom, Madge Bellamy sits in conversation with assistant attorney Jack Irwin, clutching folders of documents under his arm.
Text from negative sleeve: 4104 - Jack Irwin (asst. U.S. atty.) Madge Bellamy 12-11-35 (actress present to see father, William Philpott, testify) Mail Fraud Case
Handwritten on negative: L2R - Madge Bellamy - Jack Irwin 12-11-35
Text from newspaper caption: Madge Bellamy, screen actress, who appeared in United States District Court yesterday to hear her father testify in case involving asserted misuse of mails. Asst. U. S. Atty. Irwin is shown with her.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13110
ark:/21198/zz002hn7rk
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Bellamy, Madge, 1899-1990
Irwin, Jack
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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