As the newspapers reported itThe marriage of Mabel Normand and Lew Cody

1 day of original coverage, September 18, 1926, one clipping a day from the papers of 1926. Newest last, the way readers lived it.

Saturday, September 18, 1926

Hollywood · a wedding at three in the morning

As printed: NORMAND WEDDING JUST LIKE MOVIES

ContextMabel Normand, the Mack Sennett comedienne, and the actor Lew Cody, formerly married to Dorothy Dalton, drove 80 miles to Ventura in the middle of the night and were married by the county recorder an hour after getting their license. Miss Normand had been questioned in the unsolved 1922 killing of director William Desmond Taylor, whom she saw the night he died.

Evening Star · Washington, District Of Columbia · page 28 · View the page at the Library of Congress
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