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| Companion and lawyer shielding her like centurions, Alice White kneads up a smile before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury Room. August 13, 1933. Los Angeles Times photo. |
| Jurors weighed charges but declined to prosecute White's companion, 'Sy" Bartlett. Prosecutors charged that, at White's behest, Bartlett hired thugs to pummel actor John Warburton, reputedly White's former lover. |
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| Employees' Entrance (1933), dir. Roy DelRuth |
| Her opp-doo-di-doo voice and flouncing manner made Alice White the perfect early talkie floozie. She glittering like a Woolworth's rhinestone, and Depression-era audiences briefly made her a star. |
| "Just a few years ago, she was pounding a studio typewriter. Today, she thrills millions when she stars in a picture," a cigarette ad featuring Alice White said. |
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