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Title
Shirley Temple suit filed by producer, dismissed
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated March 22, 1939 reads, "Jack Hays, former film producer and director, who sued Shirley Temple's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Temple, for $500,000 on charges he discovered her as a screen prospect and held an exclusive contract for her services, reveals this photo in the case. He says it shows Shirley, Figure 1, with him, Figure 2, when he starred her in "Kid'n Africa" in 1934. The court today dismissed the suit which was filed more than two years ago."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00095356
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 5036
CARL0005050693
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33381
Subject
Temple, Shirley,--1928-2014
Hays, Jack,--1898-1975
Motion picture producers and directors--United States
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Actions and defenses--California--Los Angeles
Motion pictures--United States
Breach of contract--California--Los Angeles
Child celebrities--United States
Child actors--United States
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1931-1940

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