Mrs. Bonnie Taylor, Earl W. Taylor, and Wallace MacDonald during Mr. Taylor's trial for petty theft, Los Angeles, 1935

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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from negative sleeve: 2199, 10/29/35, L to R, Mrs. Bonnie Taylor, 10-2-35, Earl Taylor (Defendant), Wallace MacDonald (story editor at Moscat Studios), View of Mrs. Bonnie Taylor, left, in hat, blouse, gloves, Earl W. Taylor, center, in collared shirt, tie, jacket, and Wallace MacDonald, right, in collared shirt, tie, jacket, holding book in right hand, with unknown individuals in background. Mr. Taylor, writer's agent and operator of the Hollywood Writer's Bureau, was charged with petty theft for illegally taking money from Miss Hilda Parvey and Madam Nan Kee, writers who claimed Taylor promised their stories would be turned into movies. Mr. Taylor was acquitted by the jury on October 14, 1935., Handwritten on negative: L to R, Mrs Bonnie Taylor, Earl Taylor, Wallace MacDonald