Subject:  Marilyn Miller

Size:  8x10

Description:  Scarce doubleweight portrait circa early twenties, signed by the stage legend on the reverse.  Photograph by the Lewis-Smith studio of Chicago (embossed).  A radiant dancer-singer-actress, Miller enchanted audiences with her performances in lavish Florenz Ziegfeld productions.  She starred in only three films, Sally (1929) and Sunny (1930), both adaptations of her smash-hit Broadway musicals, and the pre-Code musical comedy Her Majesty, Love (1931).  Her death from illness occurred in 1936, when she was only thirty-seven.  (Vintage original photograph; true vintage autograph)

Condition:  Fine with border and corner pinholes, very minor loss to the lower right corner, insignificant handling wear, and some discoloration on the reverse