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Raynors November 20th 2008 Auction
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1687 West Buck Hill Rd
Burlington, NC 27215 ![]()
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Nice collection of fifty (50) early celebrity photographs, including some that are signed by: GERTRUDE ASTOR (1887-1977) was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone on a riverboat; JANET GAYNOR (1906-1984) One of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1928 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in the films: Sunrise (1927), Seventh Heaven (1927), and Street Angel (1928); CLAIRE WINDSOR (1892-1972) was a notable film actress of the early silent screen era; MILTON SILLS (1882-1930) was a highly successful American stage and film actor of the early twentieth century, and one of the original 36 individuals in the film industry to found the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; SUE CAROL (1906-1982) was an American actress, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; FLORENCE TURNER (1885-1946) was an American actress, who became known as the "Vitagraph Girl" in early silent movies; HERMOINE BADDELEY (1906-1986) was a celebrated Academy Award-nominated English character actress of theatre, film and television; WILLIAM HENRY BERRY (1870-1951) Comedian; SOPHIE TUCKER (1884-1966) was a singer and comedian, one of the most popular entertainers in America during the first two-thirds of the 20th century; MARGARET LIVINGSTON (1900-1984) was an American motion picture actress best known today as the "Woman from the City" in F.W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927); RICHARD DIX (1893-1949) was an American motion picture actor who achieved popularity in both silent and sound film. His standard on-screen image was that of the rugged and stalwart hero; ALBERTA VAUGHN (1904-1992) was an actress in silent motion pictures and early Western sound films; GRACIE FIELDS (1898-1979) was an English/Italian singer and comedienne who became one of the greatest stars of both cinema and music hall; SALLY O'NEILL (1908-1968) was an American film actress of the 1920s; BEBE DANIELS (1901-1971) was an American actress. She began in Hollywood in the silent movie era and later gained fame on radio and television in England; DAME IRENE VANBRUGH (1872-1949) was an English actress; EDNA BEST (1900-1974) was a British actress; WARNER BAXTER (1889-1951) was an American Academy Award-winning actor who is best known for his role as The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona; LEATRICE JOY (1893-1985) was an American film actress best known for her career in the early silent film era; Three Real Photo Postcards by Chingwah Lee; Two Real Photo Postcards by GERTIE GITANA (1887-1957) was a British music hall entertainer; and JEAN HARLOW (1911-1937) by her mother. A fantastic collection.
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