Cary Grant for Sylvia Scarlett, RKO
Robert Coburn, American, 1900 - 1990
1935
Black and white vintage print
Image: 9 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (24.7 × 19 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 8 in. (26 × 20.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.2903
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper left corner, stamped in green, "APPROVED Advertising Advisory Council Jul 22 1935 Hollywood" / Upper right corner, stamped in blue, "Movie Mirror" / Center, in black ink, Upper center, stamped in pink, "Please Use Credit Line Photo By Robert W. Coburn" / Lower left corner, stamped in black, "KOBAL COLLECTION 38 DRAYTON COURT DRAYTON GARDENS LONDON SW10" and in graphite, "182" / Center, typed in black on white paper affixed, "NY-NC42-1. Cary Grant, one of the most dynamic leading men on the present day screen, will be seen soon in a romantic lead opposite Katherine Hepburn in RKO Radio's "Sylvia Scarlett" in which Miss Hepburn stars."
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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