Mae West and Roger Pryor for It Ain't No Sin, for Paramount Pictures
Don English, English, 1901 - 1964
1934
Black and white vintage print
Image: 12 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (32.3 × 24 cm)
Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 3/4 in. (32.9 × 24.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4487
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 black ink and graphite on white label, "JKF 4885" / Upper center, stamped in red ink, "May 1934" and stamped in purple ink, "Credit will be appreciated Paramount photo by Don English" / Upper right, stamped in purple ink, "N.Y.??" / Center, stamped in black ink, "Please return material to: Kobal Collection 38 Drayton Court London S.W.10." / Lower center, in graphite, "994-57" and typed in black ink on white label, "Mae West likes contrast - And gets it with the selection of dark Roger Pryor as her leadin man in her next sinema of the Naughty Nineties, "It Ain't No Sin". The Paramount blonde star likes dark men on the screen and declared she chose Pryor because "he has sex appeal and is a splendid actor". PH: Don English" / Lower left corner, in graphite, "124"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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