Fay wray subject (3 Ergebnisse)

Vintage portrait photograph of actress Fay Wray, circa 1930. Mimeo snipe on the verso, along with annotations in manuscript ink. Wray was contracted with Paramount Pictures from 1927 to 1931. Drifting from studio to studio after her contract ended, the actress would begin to gain a reputation as a "scream queen" thanks to her appearances in "Doctor X" (1932), "The Most Dangerous Game" (1932), "The Vampire Bat" (1933), "Mystery of the Wax Museum" (1933)-and, most famously, in "King Kong" (1933). 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with an annotation in manuscript ink noting Wray's name on the bottom right corner of the recto, light wear at the corners, and paper tape reinforcement on the verso of the top right corner.…

Vintage publicity photograph of actress Fay Wray posing in a tennis skirt and blouse, circa 1933. Mimeo snipe on the verso advertising Wray's appearance in the Columbia film "Ann Carver's Profession," along with a German label and annotations in manuscript pencil. Wray appeared in her most iconic role, in Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's "King Kong," in 1933. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, slightly wavy on the top right edge, with ink marks on the bottom left corner of the recto, underlining Wray's name.…

Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Fay Wray by photographer Ray Jones, circa 1931, with Jones' photographer's stamp and two Paramount Pictures studio stamps on the verso. Photograph with pencil annotations in the thin bottom margin. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. The original "scream queen," Canadian-born Fay Wray appeared in over 100 films from 1923 to 1958, but will forever be remembered for her role as Ann Darrow, the "beauty who killed in the beast," in the 1933 classic "King Kong." Wray had signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1927, having been named a WAMPAS Baby Star the year prior, and made more than a dozen films with the studio, including her first lead role in the 1928 Erich von Stoheim film "The Wedding March. 7 x 9.75 inches. Photograph with a small chip to the margin in the bottom right corner, else Near Fine.…