Fred MacMurray and Frances Farmer for Exclusive, for Paramount Pictures
William Richard Walling, Jr.
1937
Black and white vintage print
Image: 12 3/8 × 9 9/16 in. (31.5 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 × 10 1/8 in. (33 × 25.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4104
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 black ink, with graphite, "Dell Publishing Company, Inc. Name MacMurray, Fred Received Used Mag Issue" / Upper center, stamped in blue ink, "Credit will be appreciated Paramount Photo by William Walling" / Upper right corner, in graphite, "1136-53" / Center, in graphite, "trylon" / Lower center, typed in black ink on tan paper, affixed, "NEW STARRING TEAM - Frances Farmer, fresh from triumphs in 'Come and Get It' and 'The Toast of New York', with Edward Arnold, and Fred MacMurray, co-starred with Carole Lombard in Paramount's 'Swing High, Swing Low,' work together for the first time in Paramount's 'Exclusive', newspaper screenplay. He's an editor, she's a reporter on a rival sheet. Charlie Ruggles and Lloyd Nolan appear with them."
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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