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Gloria Swanson photographs (1919-1959)

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Movie - Photographs Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
Gloria Swanson photographs (1919-1959)
Gloria Swanson, a rare collection of portraits, candids and a glossy publicity photographs (42) (ca. 1919-1959). The stills are retrospective of her life and her film career, from silent screen star to the talkies. This collection includes stylized black and white studio photographs of the actress wearing beautiful gowns. Other photographs capture moments such as: achieving a personal victory after winning custody of her daughter, attending the Hollywood of the Good Fairy and the artistic rendering of her image by famed illustrator James Montgomery Flagg. Theatrical plays and movie stills are from A Goose for the Gander, Father Takes a Wife, Male and Female (the controversial bathroom scene photo), Nina, The Old Lady Shows Her Medals, The Playgoers, Queen Kelly and Why Change Your Wife. Verso some photographs have editorial descriptions, newspaper publishing dates, credits, marks and stamps. Various sizes (4.5” x - 8.5” X 10”)