1930s Joan Blondell Hollywood Charming Glamour Photograph Elmer Fryer
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ITEM: This is a 1930s vintage and original gelatin silver photograph from a photo shoot between Warner Bros. contract player Joan Blondell and studio photographer Elmer Fryer. This stylish Hollywood Regency portrait shows Blondell looking snazzy in a pinstripe jacket worn over a striped blouse; a gorgeous combination of casual androgyny and Hollywood glamour.
Classic Hollywood’s consummate scene-stealing sidekick, Joan Blondell enjoyed a successful screen career for nearly five de...cades, but it was during the anything-goes era of the early 1930s—when dames, gold diggers, and good-time girls were cinematic staples—that she reached her zenith. Her vivacious energy and wisecracking persona were perfectly suited to the punchy, fast-paced style of her home studio, Warner Bros., and no matter the genre she exuded an irresistible, naughty-but-nice irreverence that was pure pre-Code.
Photograph measures just under 8" x 10" on a glossy double weight paper stock with the photographer's ink stamp on verso.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
Classic Hollywood’s consummate scene-stealing sidekick, Joan Blondell enjoyed a successful screen career for nearly five de...cades, but it was during the anything-goes era of the early 1930s—when dames, gold diggers, and good-time girls were cinematic staples—that she reached her zenith. Her vivacious energy and wisecracking persona were perfectly suited to the punchy, fast-paced style of her home studio, Warner Bros., and no matter the genre she exuded an irresistible, naughty-but-nice irreverence that was pure pre-Code.
Photograph measures just under 8" x 10" on a glossy double weight paper stock with the photographer's ink stamp on verso.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
