Alice White Art Deco Hollywood Glamour Photograph Luxury Liner 1933
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ITEM: This is a vintage and original Paramount Pictures production still photograph featuring a fashionable Art Deco view of actress Alice White. The bubbly screen star sports a curled version of her trademark helmet blonde hairdo and her kewpie doll face gives a coy smile in promotion of her role in the 1933 pre-Code drama film Luxury Liner.
After leaving school, White became a secretary and "script girl" for director Josef von Sternberg. She also worked as a switchboard operator a...t the Hollywood Writers' Club. After clashing with von Sternberg, White left to work for Charlie Chaplin, who decided before long to place her in front of the camera. Her bubbly and vivacious persona led to comparisons with Clara Bow, but White's career was slow to progress. After playing a succession of flappers and gold diggers, she attracted the attention of director and producer Mervyn LeRoy, who saw potential in her. She left films in 1931 to improve her acting abilities, returning in 1933 only to have her career hurt by a scandal that erupted over her involvement with boyfriend actor Jack Warburton and future husband Sy Bartlett. Although she later married Bartlett, her reputation was tarnished and she appeared only in supporting roles after this. By 1937 and 1938, her name was at the bottom of the cast lists. She made her final film appearance in 1949 and eventually resumed working as a secretary.
Photograph measures 8" x 10" on a glossy, single weight paper stock.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
More about Alice White:
Alice White was born Alva Violet White on August 24, 1904 in Paterson, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Audley White and Marian Alexander, a chorus girl. Her father abandoned her and her mother, a former chorus girl, died in 1915. She was raised by her Italian grandparents in New Jersey. Alice attended an all-girls school in Connecticut and went to Roanoke College in Virginia. When she was a teenager the family moved to California where she attended Hollywood high school. She started working as a secretary but lost several jobs for being too "sexy". Eventually Alice was hired by Charlie Chaplin to be a script girl. He encouraged her to try acting and she made her film debut as an extra in The Thief Of Bagdad. She was offered a contract at First National and starred in the 1927 drama The Sea Tiger. The studio told Alice she needed to lose weight. Then she was given starring roles in Gentleman Prefer Blondes and Show Girl. Alice had a bubbly onscreen personality and was often compared to Clara Bow. Her short blonde hair and flapper style would become her trademark. Audiences fell in love with Alice but critics were rarely impressed with her acting. It was also rumored that her singing voice was being dubbed. Alice had serious romances with aviator Dick Grace and actor Donald Keith. In 1931 she took a break from making movies. The studio claimed that she was unhappy with her salary and had become difficult to work with.
Alice became involved in a love triangle with British actor John Warburton and producer Sidney "Sy" Bartlett. She accused Warburton of beating her so badly she needed reconstructive surgery on her nose. Warburton told the press that Alice and Sidney hired two thugs to disfigure him. A grand jury refused to indict Alice or Sidney but the bad publicity hurt her reputation. Alice married Sidney in 1933 and tried to make a comeback. Unfortunately she could only get minor roles in films like Gift Of Gab. In 1936 she suffered a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized for two months. The following year her marriage ended. She married screenwriter John Roberts in 1941 but they divorced eight years later. In court she said he "threw things and wasn't very nice". The couple spent years fighting over alimony. Alice's last film role was in the 1949 drama Flamingo Road. For many years she lived with musician William Hinshaw. She never had any children. With her movie star days behind her Alice went back to work as a secretary. In 1957 she fell off a ladder and landed on a pair of scissors. The accident left her blinded for several months. When she recovered she was offered a small role on The Ann Sothern Show. As she grew older Alice stayed out of the spotlight but she continued to answer the fan mail she received from around the world. She died on February 19, 1983 after suffering a stroke.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Elizabeth Ann
After leaving school, White became a secretary and "script girl" for director Josef von Sternberg. She also worked as a switchboard operator a...t the Hollywood Writers' Club. After clashing with von Sternberg, White left to work for Charlie Chaplin, who decided before long to place her in front of the camera. Her bubbly and vivacious persona led to comparisons with Clara Bow, but White's career was slow to progress. After playing a succession of flappers and gold diggers, she attracted the attention of director and producer Mervyn LeRoy, who saw potential in her. She left films in 1931 to improve her acting abilities, returning in 1933 only to have her career hurt by a scandal that erupted over her involvement with boyfriend actor Jack Warburton and future husband Sy Bartlett. Although she later married Bartlett, her reputation was tarnished and she appeared only in supporting roles after this. By 1937 and 1938, her name was at the bottom of the cast lists. She made her final film appearance in 1949 and eventually resumed working as a secretary.
Photograph measures 8" x 10" on a glossy, single weight paper stock.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
More about Alice White:
Alice White was born Alva Violet White on August 24, 1904 in Paterson, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Audley White and Marian Alexander, a chorus girl. Her father abandoned her and her mother, a former chorus girl, died in 1915. She was raised by her Italian grandparents in New Jersey. Alice attended an all-girls school in Connecticut and went to Roanoke College in Virginia. When she was a teenager the family moved to California where she attended Hollywood high school. She started working as a secretary but lost several jobs for being too "sexy". Eventually Alice was hired by Charlie Chaplin to be a script girl. He encouraged her to try acting and she made her film debut as an extra in The Thief Of Bagdad. She was offered a contract at First National and starred in the 1927 drama The Sea Tiger. The studio told Alice she needed to lose weight. Then she was given starring roles in Gentleman Prefer Blondes and Show Girl. Alice had a bubbly onscreen personality and was often compared to Clara Bow. Her short blonde hair and flapper style would become her trademark. Audiences fell in love with Alice but critics were rarely impressed with her acting. It was also rumored that her singing voice was being dubbed. Alice had serious romances with aviator Dick Grace and actor Donald Keith. In 1931 she took a break from making movies. The studio claimed that she was unhappy with her salary and had become difficult to work with.
Alice became involved in a love triangle with British actor John Warburton and producer Sidney "Sy" Bartlett. She accused Warburton of beating her so badly she needed reconstructive surgery on her nose. Warburton told the press that Alice and Sidney hired two thugs to disfigure him. A grand jury refused to indict Alice or Sidney but the bad publicity hurt her reputation. Alice married Sidney in 1933 and tried to make a comeback. Unfortunately she could only get minor roles in films like Gift Of Gab. In 1936 she suffered a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized for two months. The following year her marriage ended. She married screenwriter John Roberts in 1941 but they divorced eight years later. In court she said he "threw things and wasn't very nice". The couple spent years fighting over alimony. Alice's last film role was in the 1949 drama Flamingo Road. For many years she lived with musician William Hinshaw. She never had any children. With her movie star days behind her Alice went back to work as a secretary. In 1957 she fell off a ladder and landed on a pair of scissors. The accident left her blinded for several months. When she recovered she was offered a small role on The Ann Sothern Show. As she grew older Alice stayed out of the spotlight but she continued to answer the fan mail she received from around the world. She died on February 19, 1983 after suffering a stroke.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Elizabeth Ann
