Mark Twain (source) [Hollywood}: MGM, [1939]. Vintage original 11 x 14″ (28 x 36 cm.) lobby card, JUST ABOUT FINE.
Nice close-up of Mickey Rooney as Huck Finn in this MGM production directed by Richard Thorpe.
Mark Twain (source) [Hollywood]: Warner Brothers, [1937]. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) glossy black-and-white print still photo, with mimeographed studio text in label affixed on verso, JUST ABOUT FINE.
A portrait of Errol Flynn with Billy and Bobby Mauch. After a couple of years of obscurity, he burst into prominence when he starred in Captain Blood (1935). The Prince and the Pauper was only his fourth starring role in Hollywood.
Mark Twain (source) Hollywood: Famous Players Film Co., 1916. Vintage original 8 x 6″ (20 x 15 cm.) promotional flyer, 4 pp. USA, NEAR FINE. Marguerite Clark, a great film star of the 1920s, starred as both the Prince and the Pauper. This appears to be the earliest film adaptation[…]
Vintage original 10 x 8″ (25 x 20 cm.) black and white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo, USA. Original paper snipe on the verso and the ink stamp of Bert Six, Warner Bros. Slight edge wear at the top, slight corner creasing. ABOUT FINE.
Found in drama school by Warner Brothers scouts in 1940, Alexis Smith paid her dues at the studio for 3 years playing bits and roles in shorts. By 1943 she had been dubbed the “dynamite girl” and was moved to roles as leading ladies. She felt this label held her career back, but Warner’s sometimes cast her in rewarding roles which ran the gamut of comedy, melodrama, musicals, noir and costume pieces.
Portrait photographer Bert Six photographed her in the most glamorous of 1940s modes to promote her in THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN, the period biography which did allow her to show her acting range.