Word: kliegs
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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Having read of a similar case in old Hebrew documents, Judge Vincent Brennan of the Detroit Circuit Court called mother, foster-mother and child before him, and announced, falsely, that little Irene would be sent to an orphan asylum. As the two women received this intelligence, Klieg lights flared up, concealed cinema cameras whirred and clicked. Judge Brennan, assisted by psychologists, studied the resulting films. Calling the women back, Judge Brennan awarded custody of the child to Foster-Mother Goosen because the film showed "a much more biological emotional reaction on her part" (tears, sobs, quivering lips). Julie Goosen Pryzbla...