Ann Pennington for Gold Diggers of Broadway, for Warner Brothers
Fred Archer
1929
Black and white vintage print
Image: 13 9/16 × 10 3/8 in. (34.4 × 26.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.3 × 27.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4578
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, "JKFA 1666" / Upper center, stamped in black ink, "E8354" / Center left, in graphite, encircled, "7" and "8/12/29" / Center, typed in black ink on white label, crossed out, "Adorable Ann Pennington remained loyal to Broadway to the last, but finally packed her baggage and went West at the behest of Warner Brothers. She dances with unusual abandon and emotes as well in "Gold-Diggers of Broadway" and "Is Everybody Happy?" for Vitaphone" / Center right, in graphite, encircled, "62" / Lower center, in blue graphite, "These here f[?] Photoplay" / Lower right, stamped in red ink, "Used Dec 1929" and "Property of Photoplay Magazine Return to library" / Lower right corner, "Please credit photo Fred R. Archer Warner Brothers"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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