Subject: Monroe Owsley
Size: 8x10
Description: Inscribed, signed (first name), and dated (1931) doubleweight portrait. Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull with his name embossed on the lower right border. A major actor of the early thirties, Owsley co-starred with Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, Mae West, and other luminaries of the day. Films include Holiday (1930), Ten Cents a Dance (1931), Call Her Savage (1932), and Goin' to Town (1935). He was only thirty-six when he succumbed to a heart attack in 1937, and his autographs are nearly nonexistent. (Vintage original photograph; true vintage autograph)
Condition: Fine with insignificant soiling, a light ink mark on the upper right border area, slight rippling to the upper and lower edges, a few small creases, and minor toning/age fading; mounting traces on the reverse