Vilma Aknay and attorney Harry F. Sewell in court, Los Angeles, between 1934-1935

Title: Vilma Aknay and attorney Harry F. Sewell in court, Los Angeles, between 1934-1935
Date Created: [between 1934 and 1936]
Date: 1934/1936
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Vilma Aknay appears to be reading from papers brought to stand by attorney Harry F. Sewell.
Possibly related to the article, "Vajda Love Notes Read," Los Angeles Times, 5 Jun. 1935: A3
A $250,000 breach-of-promise suit filed against Hungarian playwright Ernest Vajda by Aknay in 1934. Love notes from Vajda to Aknay admitted into evidence June 1935 as Harry F. Sewell questioned Aknay on witness stand. Notes submitted by Hungarian actress Sari Fedak in defense of Aknay.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Vilma Aknay

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Sewell, Harry F., 1889-1941
Aknay, Vilma, b. 1890 or 91
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Actresses--Hungarian--California--Los Angeles
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10999
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h8z2f
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