Madge Evans for Piccaddilly Jim, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ted Allan, American, 1910 - 1993
1936
Black and white vintage print
Image: 12 3/16 × 9 1/4 in. (31 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 12 13/16 × 10 in. (32.6 × 25.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.2434
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Verso: Upper left corner, in graphite, "Evans, Madge" and, stamped in black ink, "DELL PUBLISHING COMPANY Name Received Used" / Upper right corner, stamped in purple ink, "Kindly Credit M-G-M Photo by Ted Allen" and, in graphite, "932-5 X" and, stamped in black ink, "JUL" and "36" / Center, in black typed print, "TOGETHER AGAIN AFTER THREE YEARS.. Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans present a hillarious romance, that skips back and forth the Atlantic in P.G. Wodehouse's side-splitting comedy, "Picadilly Jim", produced for "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Harry Raf with Robert Z. (Great Ziegfield) Leonard as the director. Thunders of Laughter are also contributed by Franklin Morgan, Billie Burke, Robert Benchley, Eric Blore, Cora Witherspoon and Tommy Bupp." and in graphite, "1936"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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