Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated May 18, 1936 reads, "Mary Miles Minter, once a star of the silent screen, is shown at left in court here today with her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, at trial of a complicated suit involving her earnings in films. Mrs. Shelby, who acted as her daughter's business manager, is suing a brokerage firm for $200,000 she alleges she lost through financial dealings of Leslie B. Henry, who is also named in the suit."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Minter, Mary Miles,--1902-1984 Minter, Mary Miles,--1902-1984--Trials, litigation, etc Minter, Mary Miles,--1902-1984--Family--Trials, litigation, etc Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Motion picture actors and actresses--Salaries, etc.--United States Women--California--Los Angeles Mothers and daughters--California--Los Angeles Trials (Embezzlement)--California--Los Angeles Embezzlement--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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