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Officer Eugene C. Mullenaux with Vera Shuvalova and Stan Laurel before Vera serves her jail sentence, Beverly Hills, 1939

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Title: Officer Eugene C. Mullenaux with Vera Shuvalova and Stan Laurel before Vera serves her jail sentence, Beverly Hills, 1939
Contributor: Arnott, Andrew Hugh, 1905-1985
Date Created and/or Issued: January 5, 1939
1939-01-05
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.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Laurels Kiss and Make Up," Los Angeles Times, 06 Jan 1939: 3.
Just shy of their one year anniversary, Russian-born dancer and singer known as Princess Illiana filed for divorce from husband Stan Laurel, but had a change of heart just before serving her seven hour jail sentence at Beverly Hills Police Station for a traffic violation last April.
Officer Mullenaux takes down Illiana's information while husband Stan stands behind her.
Text from negative sleeve: 7059 - Princess Illiana (Vera Shuvalova) Stan Laurel (comedian) Betty Relyea C.E. Mullenaux (officer) (Illiana goes To jail for 1 day for traffic violation) TIMES PHOTO BY ANDREW H. ARNOTT 1-6-38 '39
Handwritten on negative: 1/6/39 L2R Princess Illiana x Stan Laurel x Officer C.E. Mullenaux 19
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14591
ark:/21198/zz002j86pj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Spouses--California--Beverly Hills
Police stations--California--Beverly Hills
Entertainers--California--Beverly Hills
Typewriters
Police--California--Beverly Hills
Mullenaux, C. Eugene
Laurel, Stan
Shuvalova, Vera Mikhailovna, 1885-
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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