ALICE WHITE ORIGINAL VINTAGE STUDIO PORTRAIT - 8" x 10" - 1930

Description: An original vintage Alice White studio portrait produced by First National in 1930. Photo bears the number F774. This is a gloss photograph measuring 8" by 10" (20cm x 25cm). The reverse has the date stamp 11 February 1930 as well as other writing. In very good condition with a some creasing along the bottom border not impacting into the image (see image). Please also see video with the images. Guaranteed to be 100% vintage. IMDb Mini Biography By: Elizabeth Ann (updated by R.M.Sieger) Alice White was born Alva Violet White on August 24, 1904 in Paterson, New Jersey, the daughter of Audley White and Marian Alexander. Her father abandoned the family and her mother, a former chorus girl, died in 1915. She was raised by her grandparents in New Jersey. Alice attended an all-girls school in Connecticut and went to Roanoke College in Virginia. When she was a teenager the family moved to California where she attended Hollywood high school. She started working as a secretary but lost several jobs for being too "sexy". Eventually Alice was hired by Charlie Chaplin to be a script girl. He encouraged her to try acting and she made her film debut as an extra in The Thief Of Bagdad. She was offered a contract at First National and starred in the 1927 drama The Sea Tiger. The studio told Alice she needed to lose weight. Then she was given starring roles in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Show Girl. Alice had a bubbly onscreen personality and was often compared to Clara Bow. Her short blonde hair and flapper style would become her trademark. Audiences fell in love with Alice but critics were rarely impressed with her acting. It was rumoured her singing voice was dubbed. She had serious romances with aviator Dick Grace and actor Donald Keith. In 1931, she took a break from making movies. The studio claimed she was unhappy with her salary and had become difficult to work with. She became involved in a love triangle with British-born actor John Warburton and producer Sy Bartlett. She accused Warburton of beating her so badly she needed reconstructive surgery on her nose. Warburton told the press that White and Bartlett hired two thugs to disfigure him. A grand jury refused to indict but the bad publicity hurt her reputation. She married Bartlett in 1933 and tried to make a comeback. Unfortunately she could only get minor roles in films like Gift of Gab (1934). In 1936, she suffered a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized for two months. The following year her marriage ended. She married screenwriter John Roberts in 1941 but they divorced eight years later. In court she said he "threw things and wasn't very nice". The couple spent years fighting over alimony. Her last film role was in Flamingo Road (1949). For many years she lived with musician William Hinshaw. With her movie star days behind her she went back to work as a secretary. In 1957, she fell off a ladder and landed on a pair of scissors. The accident left her blinded for several months. When she recovered she was offered a role on an episode of The Ann Sothern Show (1958). This was her final acting appearance. As she grew older, she stayed out of the spotlight but continued to answer fan mail she received from around the world. She died on February 19, 1983 after suffering a stroke. She had no children and left no immediate survivors. Postage free to the UK and £10.20 to North America. I am based in the UK and am told that photographs shipped to the US are not normally charged with import duty if valued below $2,500 but any import charges to North America will be the buyer's responsibility. Posted "Tracked 48" to any address in the UK and "Signed and Tracked" to North America. I can offer a modest discount for combined purchases and a higher postage discount to North America for combined purchases.

Price: 24 GBP

Location: Bathgate

End Time: 2025-01-26T20:05:18.000Z

Shipping Cost: 12.76 GBP