Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears in "Candid Camera Snaps Love-Suit Interludes," Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb 1935: A3 Jane Emerson (right) sits next to Red Davis in the courtroom at her divorce trial. In February 1935, Jane Emerson sued to divorce her husband, screenwriter and actor Walter Emerson, to marry Barton Sewell, a wealthy yachtsman. The suit resulted in a double divorce for the Emersons and Sewells. Text accompanying photograph in newspaper article: Candid camera photo shows Mrs. Jane Emerson and Everett P. (Red) Davis, "fifth wheel" of the beach home incident, in court yesterday. Text from negative sleeve: Emerson, Jane Ree W. J. Gilbert Suzzet Toby 4440 --- double divorce Jane Emerson X Walter Emerson (screenwriter + actor) Leah C. Sewell X Barton Sewell (rich yachtsman) (one being cleaned??) [stamped:] MAR 25 1936 Handwritten on negative: Jane Emerson, Red Davis
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13615 ark:/21198/zz002hnv60
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Divorce--California--Los Angeles Trials (Divorce)--California--Los Angeles Private investigators--California--Los Angeles Trials (Adultery)--California--Los Angeles Sewell, Jane N. Scholtz Emerson, 1904-1988 Davis, Everett Pell, 1894-1955
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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