TESS GARDELLA | STAND UP AND CHEER! [1934] Photo

Tess Gardella. [Los Angeles]: Fox Films, [1934]. Vintage original 10 x 8″ (25 x 20 cm) black-and-white photo, printed text and old photo agency sticker on verso, fine.

Tess Gardella had already achieved success on radio as the racially-stereotyped character of Aunt Jemima, and here she is in her film debut in that role for the film Stand Up and Cheer!.