Gloria Swanson for Father Takes a Wife, RKO
Ernest Bachrach
1941
Black and white vintage print
Image: 9 3/8 × 7 5/8 in. (23.8 × 19.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.3141
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Center, typed on paper, "GLORIOUS GLORIA SWANSON, the All-time Queen of Glamour, returns to the screen after seven year's absence to appear opposite Adolphe Menjou in RKO Radio's romantic comedy, "Father Takes a Wife." Miss Swanson will long be re-membered for her performance in "The Trespasser"" and in graphite, "81% and 102" and stamped in black, "PLEASE RETURN MATERIAL TO: KOBAL COLLECTION 38 DRAYTON COURT LONDON S.W. 10.LC" / Lower left corner, in graphite "2"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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