Evelyn Laye for One Heavenly Night, for The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Kenneth Alexander, American (born England), 1887 - 1975

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1931

Black and white vintage print

Image: 13 1/2 × 10 5/16 in. (34.3 × 26.2 cm)

Sheet: 14 × 10 11/16 in. (35.6 × 27.1 cm)

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

2019.57.4555

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 purple ink, "Photographed by Kenneth Alexander" / Upper right, stamped in purple ink, "Our publication credit must be given Samuel Goldwyn, Producer" / Upper center, in graphite, "Evelyn Laye 600" / Center, typed in black ink on white label, "94 - Evelyn Laye as she appears in the role of the flower girl, Lilli, in "One Heavenly Night" which George Fitzmaurice directs for Samuel Goldwyn."

Provenance

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

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