Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: September 29, 1935
Date: 1935-09-29
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher. Busby was on trial for manslaughter after he was involved in a car crash where two women, Ada von Briesen and Peggy Daley, died.
Caption: Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Busby Berkeley on stretcher.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Berkeley, Busby; Enos, Gertrude Berkeley. "Enos, Gertrude Berkeley" crossed out in pencil. "On stretcher" written in pencil after "Berkeley, Busby". In pen: Removed - 1.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture producers & directors--American--California--Los Angeles
People
Crime
Legal

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz00288461
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Rights Country: US
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