Frances Dee, for Paramount Pictures
William Richard Walling, Jr.
1937
Black and white vintage print
Image: 12 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (31.6 × 24.5 cm)
Sheet: 12 15/16 × 10 3/16 in. (32.8 × 25.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4120
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper left corner, in graphite and stamped in black ink, "Dell Publishing Company, Inc. Name Dee, Frances Received 1937 Used" / Upper center, in graphite, "JKFA 1340" / Upper center, stamped in blue ink, "Credit will be appreciated Paramount Photo by William Walling" / Lower center, typed in black ink on tan label, "Southern Belle - lovely Frances Dee, in the feminine lead of Paramount's new Frank Lloyd production, "Wells Fargo," a "cavalcade of early American transportation," becomes the wife of her real-life husband Joel McCrea, who heads the cast in the role of a pioneer express messenger. The picture covers a period of 26 years, from the beginning of overland stage coach routes in 1844 to the coming of coast to coast railroad express in 1870."
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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