Hollywood: Elmer Fryer, [circa 1930].
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Unbound. Gelatin silver photograph of Glenda Farrell. Matted to 7" x 9½". Embossed stamp of Hollywood photographer Elmer Fryer. Undated but circa 1930. Mat a little age-toned and a little silvering at the edge of the image, else about fine. A very nice image of the saucy actress in a beret. Inscribed by Farrell across her chest in what might now be considered an inappropriate sentiment: "For Gray, Oh gosh - If I were a little younger you wouldn't be safe -!! Glenda Farrell." The recipient of the photo, Gray Delmar was the young son of author and screenwriter Vina Delmar, best-known for her 1928 novel *Bad Girl* which was adapted into a film in 1931. She wrote a couple of screenplays, one of which was nominated for an Academy Award (*The Awful Truth*, 1937) but thereafter returned to fiction and later to conventional stage drama. Gray Delmar was later involved in television production but died relatively young in a automobile racing accident. Farrell was a successful actress, archetype for the fast talking, wisecracking dames of the 1930s, exemplified by her performances in a series of films built around her character Torchy Blane. A very nice image.
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