Britney Spears In the News Again

John Grohol had a post about Britney Spears's continuing troubles, which reminded me of Frances Farmer.  No one is surprised that photographers are always there to document Britney's every move, but I wonder how this 1942 photo of Frances Farmer came to be.  Did cops tip off the press in advance?

Initially, Farmer was arrested by Santa Monica police for drunk driving.  She got into a heated exchange with a cop before being dragged off to jail. By the time she was re-arrested for violation of parole, Farmer had dislocated a hairdresser's jaw, got into a late night bar brawl, and streaked topless through Sunset Strip.  She signed "Cocksucker" as her occupation at the Hollywood police station.

There is nothing new in the world... 

Comments

[Joshua]

My guess is that the photograph is from 1943 (see last sentence of extract below) and this is how the photograph came to be:

'By January 1943, she failed to pay the rest of the fine and a bench warrant was issued for her arrest. At almost the same time, a studio hairdresser filed an assault charge alleging that Farmer had dislocated her jaw on the set. The police traced Farmer to the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood. Getting no answer, they entered her room with a pass key. They reportedly found her in bed (some stories include an episode involving the bathroom) and made her dress quickly. By all accounts, she did not surrender peacefully.

At her hearing the next morning, she behaved erratically. She claimed the police had violated her civil rights, demanded an attorney, and threw an inkwell at the judge. He immediately sentenced her to 180 days in jail. She knocked down a policeman and bruised another, along with a matron. She ran to a phone booth where she tried to call her attorney, but was subdued by the police. They physically carried her away as she shouted, “Have you ever had a broken heart?” '

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Farmer

[Eric Schiffer Fanatic]

Hopefully, that's not the path Britney is taking...