7 Joan Fontaine Test Movie Photos Christmas Card Dirigo

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Click Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! Payment | Checkout | Shipping | Policies 7 Joan Fontaine Test Movie Photos Christmas Card Dirigo Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album This is a wonderful find, a vintage set of 7 hair test photos featuring Joan Fontaine. They measure about 8x10 inches and are black and white in color. They date back to around the 1940s and look great. We do not know which film this is from. Also included is an original Christmas Card from William and Joan Dozier (Fontaine) to Carmen Dirigo. They are in excellent condition, and printed on heavy card stock. A great set! This piece comes from the estate of Carmen Dirigo.Carmen was a Hollywood hair stylist who worked on many of the top stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood, including Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Orson Welles, Gracie Allen, Frances Dee, Ronald Colman, W.C. Fields, Mae West, Gary Grant, Merle Oberon(Wuthering Heights), Joan Fontaine, Paulette Goddard, and Joan Bennett (Carmen's maid of honor in 1940)etc. She began as a dancer and showgirl in the Hollywood Box Revue in the 1920s. Carmen performed in numerous theatrical productions including "No, No Nanette" for Carter DeHaven and Oliver Morosco, theatrical producer, in "The Morning After". She also performed at the Pantages and Egyptian Theatres in Hollywood. Carmen became a hair dresser in the 1930s doing men's wigs and went from t doing hundreds of films, two including two Oscar winning movies, Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights. She ended up her career in television in the early 1960's. She was a resident of Van Nuys /North Hollywood and was an avid equestrian rider on 'Silver Shadow'. She helped found the Corral 17 Chapter of Equestrian Trails which did much fine work for horse trails. She worked with Ronald Reagan, Dick Powell, Yvonne DeCarlo as participants. Her mother, Lily, worked at the Carl Laemmle Studios (Universal) in the early 20's. After convincing Carl Laemmle Sr. of the need for touch up and hair 'adjusting' and styling, Lily became the first 'on studio lot', full-time hairdresser in the motion picture business. She worked on Greta Garbo, Loretta Young, Priscilla Dean, Una Merkel and many others in the silents and on into the talkies until 1957 with 'Around the World in 80 Days'. Carmen started painting the 1980s and passed away at the age of 99 last year, 2007. Watch for our other auctions featuring more paintings, movie stills, Carmen and Lily at work photos, jewelry, Hollywood history, postcards, sheet music, Equestrian paper, and other historical ephemera. Check our website for more information on this estate The photos of Carmen are shown as an example of her work, and are not included with the auction. A small business card is included however. CDH-259 WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT PAYPAL PAYMENT FROM OVERSEAS BUYERS IN CANADA, AND THE UK WHO HAVE CONFIRMED ADDRESSES FOR SHIPPING TO THE US. IF YOU ARE SHIPPING WITHIN THE US, YOU MUST ALSO HAVE A CONFIRMED PAYPAL ADDRESS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT YOUR PAYPAL PAYMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. If you are using paypal we can only ship to PAYPAL CONFIRMED ADDRESSES. If you are an overseas bidder and can not confirm your address you must pay by money order using a US verified bank. Many countries can not be verified, such as Mexico, Australia, etc... So please double check this if you plan on using paypal. After the auction closes you will receive your Vendio checkout page (if you have a combined order it may take a day to process) Please follow the link, which will give you shipping and payment options, and allows us to process your order efficiently. Failure to use our Vendio checkout will cause delays with the processing of your order. Due to our h... read more

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