Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated February 20, 1948 reads, "Joan Crawford answers suit, denies she saw 'shock treatment'. Mrs. Pauline McKay, who claimed that her right to privacy was invaded in May, 1946, filed a suit against Crawford, claiming that Crawford, in preparation for a film role, had witnessed her receiving shock treatments while in a sanitarium. In the suit, McKay's husband, Charles, requested $200,000 in damages from Crawford and others.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Crawford, Joan,--1908-1977 Crawford, Joan,--1908-1977--Trials, litigation, etc Privacy, Right of--United States Trials--California--Los Angeles Courthouses--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States 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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