Ann Harding CLOSE-UP portrait vintage original possibly for Stage or Television!

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(This looks MUCH better than this pictures above. The circle with the words, “scanned for eBay, Larry41” does not appear on the actual photograph. I just placed them on this listing to protect this high quality image from being bootlegged.)
Ann Harding CLOSE-UP portrait vintage original possibly for Stage or Television
The circle with the words, “scanned for eBay, Larry41” does not appear on the actual photograph. I just placed it on this listing to protect this high quality image from being bootlegged. This would look great framed on display in your home theater or to add to your portfolio or scrapbook! A worthy investment for gift giving too!
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DESCRIPTION:
Ann Harding, who was known for her stage and screen portrayals of beautiful, aristocratic women in the 1920's and 30's, died Tuesday at her home in Sherman Oaks, Calif., after a long illness. She was 79 years old.   Miss Harding made her Broadway debut in 1921 in ''Like a King.'' In his review in The New York Times, Alexander Woollcott complimented the producer for ''selecting the comely and interesting'' young actress for the play. Miss Harding's first major success came two years later in the hit show ''Tarnish.''   A petite woman with a patrician face and long blond hair tied in a bun at the nape of her neck, the actress appeared in 10 plays on Broadway during the 20's, including ''Thoroughbreds,'' ''Stolen Fruit,'' ''A Woman Disputed'' and ''Taming of the Shrew.'' A Hit in 'Mary Dugan'   She had her second big success in 1927 as the title character in ''The Trial of Mary Dugan.'' She played the role 437 times in New York and then toured in it.     In 1929, Miss Harding left New York for Hollywood to embark on a film career. She made ''about 40'' pictures, by her own count. Because of her stage experience, she was much in demand in the early days of talking pictures when there was a scarcity of beautiful actresses in Hollywood who knew how to deliver a line.   Miss Harding made her film debut in the 1929 picture ''Paris Bound.'' Later that year she starred opposite Ronald Colman in ''Comdemned.'' She continued to make one film after another for the next several years, including the first movie version of Philip Barry's ''Holiday,'' in 1930; ''The Girl of the Golden West,'' ''East Lynne,'' ''The Animal Kingdom'' with Leslie Howard,'' ''When Ladies Meet'' with Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery, ''Biography of a Bachelor Girl,'' based on S.N. Behrman's play ''Biography''; ''Peter Ibbetson'' with Gary Cooper and ''Love From a Stranger.'' Left Screen in 1936   In 1936, Miss Harding retired from the screen after a bitter court fight with her former husband, the actor Harry Bannister, over custody of their daughter, Jane, who was born in 1929 . She and Mr. Bannister had married in 1926 and divorced in 1932.   Later, Miss Harding, who had been under contract to RKO Pathe Studio, did not speak of Hollywood in flattering terms. ''I loathed the stupidity in the handling of the material in Hollywood,'' she remarked. Nor did she like the studio system. ''If you're under contract when you're making pictures you may get the plums, but they own your soul,'' she said. ''If you're not un der contract, you have to take your chances.''   In 1937, she married Werner Janssen, the symphony conductor. Miss Harding returned to Hollywood in 1943 when Mr. Janssen's work took him there. She made two films that year, ''Mission to Moscow'' and ''North Star.'' She and Mr. Janssen were divorced in 1962. Known for Supporting Roles   Later in her film career, Miss Harding was known for her supporting roles as wives and mothers. In 1951 she appeared as the gracious Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, opposite Louis Calhern, in ''The Magnificent Yankee.'' In 1956, she played Fredric March's wife in ''The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.''   Miss Harding returned to Broadway in 1949 to take over the leading role in the comedy hit ''Goodbye, My Fancy.'' In 1962 she appeared in the short-lived ''General Seeger,'' starring George C. Scott, and in 1964 she was seen briefly in ''Abraham Cochrane.''   The daughter of the late Gen. Grant C. Gately, Miss Harding was born Anna Gately at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Tex., on Aug. 17, 1902. She grew up on Army posts around the country and in Havana. ''Before I was 13 years old I had attended 13 different schools,'' the actress once said. She studied drama with Otis Skinner at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pa., where she appeared as Macduff in a production of ''Macbeth'' that featured Cornelia Otis Skinner as Lady Macbeth. Was a Script Reader   At first, Miss Harding supported herself as a clerk for an insurance company while moonlighting as a reader for the Famous-Players-Lasky film company. Her first professional appearance was in ''Inheritors'' with the Provincetown Players.   Besides the stage and screen, Miss Harding also appeared on television. She starred with Dorothy Gish and Beulah Bondi in a 1960 television adaptation of Paul Osborn's play ''Morning's at Seven,'' and was also seen on the ''Ben Casey'' and ''The Defenders'' series.   Miss Harding is survived by her daughter, Jane Otto, and four grandchildren.
CONDITION:
This still is in EXCELLENT condition (old yes, with eyelash sharp focus but is has surface scuffs and one corner is bumped and shows tiny crease marks which keep it from being perfect). (see photo) Finally, this is a vintage original. (This is NOT a cheap digital dupe, a re-release or copy, it is a real vintage photograph made the year of the release of the film.)   It is worth more than -25 but since I have recently acquired two huge collections from life-long movie buffs who collected for decades… I need to offer these choice items for sale on a first come, first service basis to the highest bidder.
SHIPPING:
Domestic shipping would be FIRST CLASS and well packed in plastic, with several layers of cardboard support/protection and delivery tracking. International shipping depends on the location, and the package would weigh close to three quarters of a pound with even more extra ridge packing.
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BACKGROUND:
Ann Harding (August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. A regular player on Broadway and in regional theater in the 1920s, in the 1930s Harding was one of the first actresses to gain fame in the new medium of "talking pictures", and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1931 for her work in Holiday.   Harding was born Dorothy Walton Gatley, and was the daughter of a prominent United States Army officer. She was raised primarily in East Orange, New Jersey and graduated from East Orange High School. Having gained her initial acting experience in school drama classes, she decided on a career as an actress and moved to New York City. Because her father opposed her career choice, she used the stage name Ann Harding.   After initial work as a script reader, Harding began to win roles on Broadway and in regional theaters, primarily in Pennsylvania. She moved to California to begin working in movies, which were just then beginning to include sound. Her work in plays had given her notable diction and stage presence, and she became a leading lady. By the late 1930s, she was becoming stereotyped as the beautiful, innocent, self-sacrificing woman, and film work became harder for her to obtain. After marrying conductor Werner Janssen in 1937, she worked only sporadically, with two notable roles coming in Eyes in the Night (1942) and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956).   Harding also worked occasionally in television between 1945 and 1965, and she appeared in plays in the 1950-60s, returning to the stage, including the lead in "The Corn is Green" in 1964 at the Studio Theater in Buffalo, New York. After her 1965 retirement, she resided in Sherman Oaks, California. She died there in 1981, and was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park -- Hollywood Hills.