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Officer Betty Relyea watches as Vera Shuvalova and her husband Stan Laurel kiss, Beverly Hills, 1939

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Title: Officer Betty Relyea watches as Vera Shuvalova and her husband Stan Laurel kiss, Beverly Hills, 1939
Contributor: Arnott, Andrew Hugh, 1905-1985
Date Created and/or Issued: January 5, 1939
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.
Matron Betty Relyea watches as Stan kisses his wife.
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.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Betty Relyea x Princess Illiana x Stan Laurel 1-6-39
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
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14592
ark:/21198/zz002j86q2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Kissing
Spouses--California--Beverly Hills
Police stations--California--Beverly Hills
Elevators
Laurel, Stan
Relyea, Betty
Shuvalova, Vera Mikhailovna, 1885-
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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