Auction Name: 2026 February 11 - 12 The Yakob Zentner Collection Hollywood/Entertainment Signature® Auction

Lot Number: 14127

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Pre-1945 Actresses, Including Joan Blondell, Clara Bow, Virginia Bruce, Bebe Daniels, Marion Davies, Dolores Del Rio, Frances Farmer, and Kay Francis 8" x 10" Studio Release Photographs (125+). Vintage gelatin silver glossy 8" x 10" studio release photographs of Renee Adoree (1), Tallulah Bankhead in The Cheat (Paramount, 1931) (1), Joan Blondell with Chester Morris in Blondie Johnson (4), with Glenda Farrell in Havana Widows (10+), The King and the Chorus Girl (5+), by Bert Longworth and Ed Stone, (Warner Bros., 1933-37, with Melvyn Douglas in The Amazing Mr. Williams (Columbia, 1939) (1), with John Wayne in Lady for a Night (British Lion, 1942 (5), Clara Bow in The Fleet's In (presumed lost) (2) and Dangerous Curves (1929) (1) (Paramount, 1928/1929), Virginia Bruce (10) (4-by Laszlo Willinger), Bebe Daniels in Dixiana (RKO, 1930) (5+), with Douglas Fairbanks in Reaching for the Moon (UA, 1930) (1) by John Miehle, in Cocktail Hour (Columbia, 1933) (1), Marion Davies with Robert Montgomery and Billie Dove in Blonde of the Follies (MGM, 1932) (4), and Clark Gable in Cain and Mabel (Warner Bros., 1936) (30+) by Homer Van Pelt, Dolores Del Rio in Evangeline (UA, 1929) (1), Bird of Paradise (RKO, 1932) (one by Ernest A. Bachrach) (3), with Al Jolson in Wonder Bar (Warner Bros., 1934) (3), with Chester Morris in Devil's Playground (Columbia, 1937) (5), with George Sanders in Lancer Spy (TCF, 1937) (5+), Florence Desmond by Otto Dyar (2), Frances Farmer with Ray Milland in Ebb Tide (Paramount, 1937) (10+), Kay Francis in The House on 56th Street (5) and My Bill (4) (Warner Bros., 1933/1937), with credit stamp and paper caption on the verso. The Cain and Mabel set focuses on Davies and Sound Stage 16 on the Warner lot, which William Randolph Hearst had renovated to increase the ceiling height from 45 to 98 feet to accommodate the lavish set pieces. Fine/Very Fine, with cropping lines (1), emulsion lift (1), rippling from caption glue, and corner tip stress. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.

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