Mae Murray Subject (2 results)

Vintage candid photograph of actress Mae Murray, circa 1930s. With the stamps of International Newsreel and King Features Syndicate to the verso. Murray began her career as a ballroom dancer on Broadway and in the Ziegfeld Follies. She made her film debut in 1916 and quickly became a major star for Universal, starring alongside Rudolph Valentino in "The Delicious Little Devil" and "Big Little Person" in 1919, and with John Gilbert in "The Merry Widow" in 1925. Like many of her contemporaries, her career declined with the advent of sound film, and she retired from acting in 1931. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, slightly wavy at the edges, with brown paper reinforcement to the bottom edge of the verso.

Photograph. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. PHOTOGRAPH of silent film star Mae Murray. (9 1/4" X 12 1/2") Mounted on heavy cardstock which shows glue stains on blank reverse from having been removed from fellow silent film star Carmel Myers' photo album. (Traces of light shelf-wear at corners of image. Cropped margins trimmed to image. ) The lovely actress is pictured in close-up wearing a hat, her dreamy eyes & bee-stung lips pursed for the camera. Nice provenance.