Lot 3034
A group of Norma Shearer photographs from The Barretts of Wimpole Street
5 May 2014, 10:00 PDT
Los AngelesSold for US$687.50 inc. premium
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A group of Norma Shearer photographs from The Barretts of Wimpole Street
MGM, 1934. Nine vintage oversize photographs from Shearer's personal collection, together with an off-white envelope that Shearer inscribed with the film's title. All of the images are dramatic portraits of Shearer except one, which features Shearer in-costume posing with Charles Laughton and an unidentified older man, possibly one of the film's screenwriters or Rudolf Besier, the author of the play the film was based on. Two of the photographs have MGM photographer George Hurrell's stamp and two have Frank Grimes's stamp on their versos. Shearer annotated three photographs; one reads "Norma Shearer as Elizabeth Barrett / in "Barretts of Wimpole Street" / co-starring Fredric March as Robert Browning / and Charles Laughton." The actress also inscribed one photograph of herself and a dog, "With Love From / Ba + Hush."
From 9 x 12 to 11 x 14 in.
From 9 x 12 to 11 x 14 in.