Katharine Hepburn for Mary of Scotland, RKO

Inscriptions

Verso: Upper left corner, in graphite "75" and affixed sticker, "STUDIO Name [illegible] Date Oct 28 File 28292" / Upper center, in blue ink, " PG Oct 28/50 p7." / Center, purple stamp, "Photo by Ernest A. Bachrach RKO Pictures Copyright 1936 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Permission is hereby granted to newspapers, magazines and other periodicals to reproduce this photograph. This picture may not be rented or loaned-nor used for advertising purposes. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc." and in blue graphite, "Mary of Scotland" and black stamp, "Kobal Collection 38 Drayton Court Drayton Gardens London SW10" and in black ink, ""75 5/5 crop to 190 x 219" / Lower left corner, gold label, "KOBAL COLLECTION 28-32 SHELTON STREET LONDON WC2H-9HP Telephone 01-240-9565" / Lower center, typed on affixed paper, "MO-AVD-95. Katherine Hepurn plays the beautiful Mary Stuart in Radio's production, "Mary of Scotland." Co-starred with Frederick March, the dynamic actress portrays the hapless Scottish monarch whose undoing was the fact that she was a woman first, a queen secondly"

Provenance

John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.

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