Valerie Hobson for Great Expectations, Universal International

Cecil Beaton

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1946

Black and white vintage print

Image: 9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (24.2 × 19.3 cm)

Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (24.2 × 19.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund

2019.57.2978

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Verso: Upper right, graphite, "Cecil Beason" and stamped in purple, "Periodicals(P) Library, 191, High Holborn, W.C.1. Must be returned undamaged" / Left margin, in red pencil, "Release on or after April 3rd" / Center, typed in black on affixed white paper, "B 310/4: VALERIE HOBSON as Estella, heroine of Charles Dickens's "GREAT EXPECTATIONS", now being filmed by Cineguild at Denham Studios, photographed in one of the lovely gowns she wears in the film. Made of the palest blue organdie, with a deeper blue stripe running through the material, it has the enormous off-the-shoulder sleeves of the period - the early 1830's. The plain tucked yoke is finished off with large bows in which the colours of the dress are reversed. Miss Hobson is photographed by Cecil Beaton against the cobwebbed walls of the housein which Estella lives with her eccentric guardian, Miss Havisham. "GREAT EXPECTATIONS stars John Mills and Valeria Hobson, with Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sulliven, Finlay Currie and Martita Hunt. The film is produced by Ronald Neame, directed by David Lean, with Anthony Havelock-Allan executive producer." / Right margin, typed in black affixed on white paper, "Miss Hobson's recently completed film "THE YEARS BETWEEEN" will shortly be having it's London Premiere."

Provenance

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

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