Claire Bloom
Raymond J Hearne
1953
Black and white vintage print
Image: 14 3/4 × 11 1/2 in. (37.4 × 29.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 3/4 in. (38 × 29.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4760
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper center, in blue ink, "PG Oct 10/53 P 14915" / Upper right, printed in black ink on gold label, "Kobal Collection 28-32 Shelton Street London WC2H 9HP Telephone 01-240 9565" / Upper center, in graphite, "Orig 9/9/53 Neg 10/9/53" / Center, typed in black ink and white label, "BL33/P. 17. Lovely twenty two year old Claire Bloom who plays Susanne, an English girl who goes to Berlin to spend a short holiday with her brother, in the new Carol Reed film "The Man Between", was born in London. She was educated in England and America and later won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She appeared in repertory at Oxford and played a season at the Stratford Memorial Theatre before really making good in London in such plays as "The Lady's Not For Burning" and "Ring Round the Moon". Claire made a big hit opposite Charles Chaplin in "Limelight" and later as Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" at the Old Vie. "The Man Between" is produced and directed for London Films by Carol Reed: starring James Mason, Claire Bloom and Hildegarde Neff. Distributed by British Lion Film Corporation. (Photographed by Raymond J. Hearne, please credit)" / Lower center, in graphite, "12 1/8"" with horizontal arrows pointing in either direction, and "P.G. Centre Nov 10 Oct 10" / Lower left corner, stamped in purple ink, "Photograph by Raymond J. Hearne." / Lower center, in graphite, "64"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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