Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Photograph also used for articles dated August 12, 1937, October 12, 1939, January 24, 1946, and July 5, 1956. This was taken at 509 N. Crescent Drive in Beverly Hills. The cut-off caption mentions her appearance at a trial involving her earnings and a sum of $236,000, being sought by her mother and sister from a brokerage house and convicted investment broker, Leslie B. Henry. Photograph caption dated May 22, 1936 reads, "Mary Miles Minter, who reigned as the curly-haired blonde queen of the silent screen, is shown resting at her home for [illegible] appearance ... Time has dealt gently with Miss Minter, whose earnings are involved in the suit. She still has the shimmering blonde beauty, the charm and the lithe that placed her at the peak of filmdom."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 30 cm. Photographic prints
Minter, Mary Miles,--1902-1984 Minter, Mary Miles,--1902-1984--Trials, litigation, etc Minter, Mary Miles,--1902-1984--Homes and haunts Trials Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Motion picture actors and actresses--Salaries, etc.--United States Dwellings--California--Beverly Hills Interiors--California--Beverly Hills Periodicals Beverly Hills (Calif.) Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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