Description: Vintage original 8 x 10 in. US double-weight matte photograph of motion picture actress RUTH SELWYN c.1932. Taken for publicity purposes to publicize Speak Easily, with Buster Keaton, she is depicted inside the living room and library of her home holding a book and standing near a fireplace as she smiles at the viewer. As indicated by a photographer's credit stamp on the verso, this photograph was taken by Clarence Sinclair Bull, one of the most collectible of the vintage Hollywood photographers. Affixed to the verso is the original paper snipe that describes the image. It is in fine condition as shown. Born Ruth Wilcox, she was the sister of director Fred McLeod Wilcox, who directed Lassie, Come Home (1943) and Forbidden Planet (1956), and former showgirl Pansy Wilcox, who was married to Loew's Inc. President Nicholas M. Schenck, one of the pioneers of the film industry. Ruth and her siblings were the children of James Wilcox, a Kentucky optometrist and drugstore owner, who was married six times, twice to one woman. His six children were from his first wife. Ruth married former playwright and movie producer-director-writer Edgar Selwyn, for whom she appeared in his Men Must Fight (1933). A contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, she made her first two movie appearances in Marion Davies pictures, Five and Ten (1931), her uncredited debut, and Polly of the Circus (1932), for which she received her first credit. Her most memorable role was as Pansy Peets in Speak Easily (1933), in which she supported Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante and received third-billing. She made only two more movies after appearing in Men Must Fight, retiring after Raoul Walsh's Baby Face Harrington (1935), which was produced by her husband. Ruth and Edgar Selwyn eventually divorced. They had one son, Rusty, who was born during Ruth's previous marriage to a man surnamed Snyder, and who was adopted by Edgar during their marriage.
Price: 76 USD
Location: Valley Village, California
End Time: 2024-12-17T22:23:04.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10.45 USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: 8 x 10 inches
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Style: Black & White
Original/Reproduction: Original
Year: Pre-1940
Object Type: Photograph
Industry: Movies
Actors: Ruth Selwyn
Item: Vintage original double-weight matte photograph
Photographer: Clarence Sinclair Bull
Item Number: CS-SELWYN-S01
