BILLIE BURKE [1940] Portrait by Clarence Bull

Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [1940]. Vintage original 7 x 10″ (17 x 25 cm) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin photo. Typed blurb and Clarence Bull’s MGM photography stamp on verso. Fine.

Billie Burke portraiture one year after her unforgettable turn in The Wizard of Oz. For her 1940 films Dulcy and The Captain Is a Lady, Burke posed for this portrait by Clarence Bull. At 56 she retained her youthful appearance.

Photo ink stamp coded B5486.