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, "Family Row Aired In Suit," Los Angeles Times, 09 Apr 1936: A3. Mr. and Mrs. Gernert, married on June 14th of last year, appeared in court to address a divorce suit. Mrs. Gernert's chief witness is actress daughter Merna Kennedy, and witness Leonard J. Judd, a mutual friend of the couple, claims that Mrs. Gernert lacked respect for her husband, constantly quarrelling with him and calling him names. Miss Kennedy stands beside her mother, the fingers of one hand just visible over Mrs. Gernert's shoulder. Text from newspaper caption: Merna Kennedy, actress, left, pictured in court yesterday with her mother, Mrs. Maude Gernert, who seeks a divorce and $1500 monthly alimony from Peter Gernert, capitalist. Handwritten on negative: L2R Merna Kennedy Mrs Maude Gernert 4/8/36 Text from negative sleeve: 4697 - Mrs Maude Gernert (mom) Peter Gernert (dad) Merna Kennedy (actress) Divorce 4/8/36 [stamped:] Apr 9 - 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13894 ark:/21198/zz002j7cn0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actresses--American--California Mothers--California--Los Angeles Divorce--California--Los Angeles Daughters--American--California--Los Angeles Gernert, Maude Kennedy, Merna, 1908-1944
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