Lucille Ball for Dance Girl Dance, for RKO
Gaston Longet
1940
Black and white vintage print
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4898
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, "Ph: Gaston Longet" and "JKFA 3099" / Upper right corner, stamped in black ink, "John C. Kobal Collection Ltd. 212 W. 11th Street (#2) New York, N.Y. 10014 (212) 989-6138" / Center, stamped in purple ink, "Aug 27 1940" and, stamped in black ink, "Permission is hereby granted to newspapers, magazines and other periodicals to reproduce this photograph. Printed in U.S.A. Copyright 1940, RKO Radio Pictures. Leased for restricted use only. / Lower center, typed in black ink on tan paper, affixed, "Hollywood Hawaiian (Continuity Layout 1) Curvaceous Lucille Ball is Hollywood's newest glamour girl. In RKO Radio's Musical 'Dance, Girl, Dance', in which she is co-starred with Maureen O'Hara and Louis Hayward, the shapely blonde beauty sings and dances her way through one of the most entertain-ing roles seen this year. Former all-American model who gained stardom by working her way up from bit parts, Lucille portrays a slightly unscrupulous, but warm-hearted music hall queen in this Vicki Baum story of backstage life. In the following photo sequence, taken from the film, she is shown delivering one of Hollywood's most torrid hulas to date. (1) Spotlight focuses on whirling dervish in grass skirt who could give seven lessons to Madame La Zonga. It's Lucille Ball -- and that's no waltz she's doing! A - (HI-ADV-35) B - (HI-ADV-34)"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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