This is a vintage circa 1915, sepia toned, real photograph of Eugene O'Brien.

Great profile shot of this silent screen matinee idol.
Hand-signed in dark ink in upper corner.
Etched in negative: Bradley Studios, Fifth Ave NY.

SIZE: 5" x 7".

Eugene O'Brien (November 14, 1880 -April 29, 1966) was a silent film star and stage actor.
He moved to New York City and was "discovered" by theatrical impresario Charles Frohman who signed O'Brien to a three-year contract and put him in The Builder of Bridges, which opened on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre on October 26, 1909.

O'Brien made his name playing opposite one of the greatest actresses of all times, Ethel Barrymore, in a revival of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play Trelawny of the 'Wells', which opened at the Empire Theatre on New Year's Day, 1911. O'Brien's first film, Essanay Film's The Lieutenant Governor, in which he had the starring role, played in Boulder's Curran Theater in February 1915, giving his family its first opportunity to see him act. World Film Corp. chief executive Lewis J. Selznick made O'Brien a screen star, putting him in an adaptation of Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone. Subsequently he was leading man opposite some of the leading female stars of the day, including Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge and Gloria Swanson and became a silent screen matinee idol.

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Excellent condition inside the image plate with a darkened area around his pocket square. Two extreme corners have dog-ears. Heavy-weight paper.