Cecil B. De Mille Framed Office Original Custom Photographs (6) of Bessie Barriscale in The Rose of the Rancho, Vi... (Total: 6 Items)

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Cecil B. De Mille Framed Office Original Custom Photographs (6) of Bessie Barriscale in The Rose of the Rancho, Victor Moore in Chimmie Fadden Out West, Sessue Hayakawa and Fannie Ward in The Cheat, Elliot Dexter and Marie Doro in The Heart of Nora Flynn, Geraldine Farrar in Joan the Woman, and Julia Faye in Saturday Night (Paramount, 1914-22). Cecil B. De Mille Estate. Vintage gelatin silver matte double-weight 15" x 18.5" (sight size) (in 18.75" x 22.75" custom solid fumed oak wood frames in glass) custom photographs of Bessie Barriscale, Jane Darwell, Monroe Salisbury, Anita King, and Jeanie Macpherson in The Rose of the Rancho (Paramount, 1914) (1), Victor Moore in Chimmie Fadden Out West (Paramount, 1915) (1), Sessue Hayakawa and Fannie Ward in The Cheat (Paramount, 1915) (1), Elliot Dexter and Marie Doro in The Heart of Nora Flynn (Paramount, 1916) (1), Geraldine Farrar in Joan the Woman (Paramount, 1916) (1), and Julia Faye in Saturday Night (Paramount, 1922) (1), each with brass tinted label, titled and dated on the frame molding. Printed later. Referred to in Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic, December 2014, by Cecilia de Mille Presley and Mark A. Vieira, pp. 49-53 and 55-64. Each frame was hung in De Mille's personal office, clearly visible to all who entered. Excellent. From the Estate of Cecil B. De Mille. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.

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