Ann Southern for Let's Fall in Love, for Columbia Pictures
Carl de Voy
1934
Black and white vintage print
Image: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (24.2 × 18.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 8 1/16 in. (26 × 20.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4674
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper left, stamped in red ink, "Exclusive" / Upper center, stamped in red ink, "Please credit Carl De Voy Portrait Artist Columbia Studios" / Upper right corner, stamped in blue ink, "Mar 1934" / Center, typed in black ink on tan paper, affixed diagonally, "One Picture established Ann Southern as a screen star. Columbia's 'Let's Fall in Love' first presented her to the picture public, and her charming new personality, fresh Norwegian beauty and a walth of talent rocketed her to a place high up in the ranks of screen favorites. Her latests picture is Columbia's 'The Party's Over', in which she is co-starred with Stuart Erwin. Walter Lang will direct." and, stamped in blue ink, "May 22 1934" / Lower right margin, in graphite, "By De Voy"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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