Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon for Madame Curie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Unknown Maker
1943
Black and white vintage print
Image: 9 1/2 × 12 7/16 in. (24.2 × 31.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 7/8 in. (25.5 × 32.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.3510
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper right corner, stamped in black ink, "Dell Publishing Company, Inc. Name: Received: Nov 1943 Used Mag. Issue:", and, in purple ink, "1290-28"/ Center middle, typed in black ink, "THE HONEYMOON IS OVER… in this scene in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Madame Curie" co-starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. The two stars are returning from their honeymoon trip aboard a French river steamer. Soon they must get back to the business of disdover-ing radium. Included in the cast are Robert Walker, Reginald Owen, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers and C. Aubrey Smith. Mervyn LeRoy directed with Sidney Franklin producing.", and, in graphite, "11/43"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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