Cutie Sally O ' Neil & Reginald Sharland Vintage 1930 Girl Of The Port Photograph
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:2925440 | Size: 8" x 10" |
| Original/Reproduction: Original | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Sitters: Sally O'Neil & Reginald Sharland |
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ITEM: This is a vintage and original 1930 production photograph of flapper sweetheart Sally O'Neil and Reginald Sharland in a scene from RKO's romance, Girl of the Port. Things are really heating up as he touches her foot - gasp! The film was based on the short story, The Fire-walker, which was the movie's working title as referenced on verso.
Measures 8" x 10" on single-weight glossy paper stock.
Hand notations on verso.
CONDITION: Fine condition with only minor edge and corner wear. Please use the included images as a conditional guide.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
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Cute-as-a-button and diminutive in size, Sally O'Neil (sometimes billed as Sally O'Neill), was one of 11 children born to a judge in 1908 in Bayonne, New Jersey. Another sister would also become a well-known actress, Molly O'Day. Sally was educated in a convent and started in vaudeville where she was billed as "Chotsie Noonan" (her real name was Virginia Louise Concepta Noonan).
She started in silent films at age 17 and found a penchant for playing unassuming street orphans along the lines of Mary Pickford in lightweight comedies, and later as flashy fun girls in the Clara Bow mold. Sally found stardom with her second film Sally, Irene and Mary (1925) co-starring Constance Bennett and Joan Crawford playing a naive chorus girl. As a result, she (as would sister Molly) was named a Wampas Baby Star in 1926.
A brief but popular MGM commodity, her films, such as The Callahans and the Murphys (1927) and Frisco Sally Levy (1927), did not suit her well and her star diminished. Possessing a strong New Jersey accent and developing a severe case of stage fright did not help things either as sound films were now the rage. Despite the promising title role in Kathleen Mouverneen (1930) and a strong lead in The Brat (1931), which she had done on Broadway, she quickly faded from view. Sally returned to the stage and performed in USO tours until retiring in the 50s. She died in 1968.- IMDb
Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh
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Reginald Sharland was born on November 19, 1886 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England as Reginald Hanson Sharland. He was an actor, known for Girl of the Port (1930), Woman to Woman (1929) and Inside the Lines (1930). He was married to Herta Lynd and Annie Croft. He died on August 21, 1944 in Loma Linda, California, USA.
Mini Biography: IMDb
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