Charles Laughton for the Barretts of Wimpole Street, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Clarence Sinclair Bull, American, 1896 - 1979
1934
Black and white vintage print
Image: 12 × 8 1/2 in. (30.5 × 21.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.1449
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Top stamped in purple, "CLARENCE SINCLAIR BULL NO" Written in graphite, "749-x-94" Label affixed to center, typed, "CHARLES LAUGHTON…Distinguished English actor who, with "Henry the Eighth" won the recent Motion Picture Academy award for brilliant acting, as he appears in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" in the role of the demonical father. Norma Shearer is starred as Elizabeth Barret opposite Fredric March in the Browning part. Sidney Franklin directs and Irving G. Thalberg produces." Metallic gold sticker, typed "KOBAL COLLECTION 28-32 SHELTON STREET LONDON WC2H 9HP Telephone 01-240 9565"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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