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Murder-Suicide Scene July 23, 1948 Friday Bodies of Alvin Roberts 48 and his wife, Maxine 31, lie in friend's Hollywood apartment after Roberts pumped three bullets into wife's body, then shot himself through head. Dual tragedy followed family quarrel.
Alvin Roberts, prominent here as a teamsters' union official, yesterday shot and killed his wife, Maxine, and then committed suicide in a friend's home in Hollywood. The murder and suicide, police said, followed a night-long quarrel. The shooting took place in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Perkins, 5837 Gregory Avenue, in Hollywood. Mrs. Perkins witnessed the slayings. According to Los Angeles police information, the dead couple had parted the previous night. Mrs. Perkins told officers that Mrs. Roberts came to her homeWednesday night. Soon after, she said, Roberts arrived with a Pint of Whisky "He had a pint of whisky and drank it all up while they fought," Mrs. Perkins said. "Then he got up and went out. "He came back a moment later with a revolver. I tried to stop him at the door but he pushed me aside. "Mrs. Roberts tried to get away. He shot her three times, in the back, and then shot himself." Police said both died instantly. After the shootings , Mrs. Perkins ran to an adjoining room, where her baby daughter, Linda, 20 months old, was asleep in her crib. Then she went downstairs. Murder-Suicide Scene July 23, 1948 Friday Bodies of Alvin Roberts 48 and his wife, Maxine 31, lie in friend's Hollywood apartment after Roberts pumped three bullets into wife's body, then shot himself through head. Dual tragedy followed family quarrel. An artist has retouched the back of the woman's body where she was shot. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps2d0uvpaz.jpg |
:previous: So tragic.:(
3 couples out on the town....Saturday night, August 24th 1946. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/puSa5d.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/NLND1N.jpg eBay Signatures & Sentiments on the back http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/zmuK07.jpg :previous: I twisted my neck trying to read all this. (from what I can tell, Betty seems to be very popular) _ |
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Here's a fun snapshot.
"Shirley in Hollywood, 1943." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...913/sMKkQZ.jpg eBay :previous: Anyone recognize the street? __ I can't quite make out Shirley's last name. Eidsmore? or..Eidsmoe? |
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890 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths 117 Military Records 29 Immigration Records 503 Census and Voter Lists 1,690 Member Trees |
I don't believe we've seen this particular auto camp on NLA.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...901/QV6SMH.jpg eBay :previous: "On the Hill between Culver City and Venice." -I wasn't aware of any observable hill. reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/WyrCev.jpg It was replaced by a hideous 'luxury' apartment complex. The design placed 2 large parking garages in front of the apartments. (facing Sepulveda). -from an aerial u can see the top of the parking garages are tennis courts. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...540/ivjA1a.jpg google_earth -here's what you see along Sepulveda. One, of the two, parking garages facing Sepulveda.:( http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/huMvlU.jpg gsv __ |
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I remember seeing that film when I was about eight years old. They showed it in school. As a budding artist, I was very impressed and intent on the details of the process. Have not seen it since...till now. Thanks for posting it |
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Maybe the photo was taken when she was on a trip to California, since she seems to have lived in either Minnesota or Michigan for most of her life. |
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It might get a bit of ocean breeze, or at least before there were so many buildings around |
:previous: I see what you're saying....you're probably right oldstuff.:)
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Advertising postcard -with novelty photo.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...901/TytZKb.jpg eBay rotated for your viewing pleasure. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...538/zZRePn.jpg "copyrighted .05" -does that mean 1905? __ |
We've seen numerous group photographs of the MGM stars; usually they're posed on chairs and risers with a curtained background.
This one is unique. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/JtzHyb.jpg old file of mine / with numerous eBay finds Does anyone recognize the movie-set they're utilizing? (note the 'valley' in the distance with the streetlights flickering on) -it must be dusk.;) Can anyone figure out the year by the costumes they're wearing? __ |
Here's a great Kodachrome slide showing the Deauville Beach Club in the 1940s.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/Qgeybj.jpg eBay :previous: I love the ornate bay windows. (looks like someone is advertising 'Fish Dinners' in the distance) Sadly, the stately Deauville, located in Santa Monica along PCH, burnt now in 1964. See it in flames here, courtesy of FredH: :( http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=20139 I'm outta' town 'til Thursday. Have fun everyone! __ |
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She did sing "Some of these Days". |
Alvin and Maxine Roberts murder-suicide, Hollywood, 1948
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That's a very pretty 1930, 8-unit building. If I had to guess, I'd say the upstairs unit on the right was the scene of the crime (going by the French doors and the railing). 5837 Gregory Ave, Hollywood: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-i...94926%2BAM.jpg gsv The courtyard: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-G...00354%2BAM.jpg MLS I bet the people who live there now have no idea of the mayhem that went on. |
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psphn11nip.jpg MGM studio I don't think they took a class photo every year. Is there a photo for a later year? I couldn't find one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Forrest_(actor) |
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The man to the right of the gap in the center (below the tree) is Van Johnson. Also to the middle, in a bluish grey suit, between the two women, may be Walter Pidgeon. Robert Taylor is sitting in the middle front, next to the woman in the flowing dress. All familiar faces but I can't put names to most |
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