BILLIE DOVE. Vintage 9.5 x 7.5 matte finish sepia tone bust profile portrait of the silent screen beauty, boldly inscribed in blue fountain pen, "To Mr. Harvey Allen -/Hoping that this photographs/helps to win your bet/Sincerely,/Billie Dove." Fine condition, with one small corner bend, not touching the image, and portions of the writing penned against a darker area of the image, but quite readable. Billie Dove's initial performances before a microphone were somewhat stiff and tentative, but soon became more confident and dramatically credible. Rumor was that she abruptly quit films in 1932 following the release of Blondie of the Follies after William Randolph Hearst relegated much of her performance to the cutting room floor because he felt that she outshone co-star Marion Davies. Vintage signed photographs in larger than 5x7 format are surprisingly uncommon.
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