Mae West for Every Day's Holiday, for Paramount Pictures
Malcom Bulloch
1937
Black and white vintage print
Image: 12 5/16 × 9 1/2 in. (31.3 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 × 10 in. (33 × 25.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4614
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 West, Mae Recieved 1937 Used" / Upper center, stamped in purple ink, "Credit will be appreciated Paramount Photo by Malcolm Bulloch" / Upper right corner, in graphite, "MP-8-151" / Upper left, in graphite, "JKFA 1702" / Lower center, typed in black ink on white label, "Mae West as Mlle. Fifi - the star's most talked about characterization, in which the black wig and French accent, completely disguises the screen's most famous blond. It's all for the new Mae West musical comedy "Every Day's a Holiday," a Paramount picture produced by Emanuel Cohen." / Lower right corner, in graphite, "JK4900MACBLK"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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