Vint 1945 Merle Oberon Love Of Ours Movie Photo Dirigo

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Click Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! Payment | Checkout | Shipping | Policies Vint 1945 Merle Oberon Love Of Ours Movie Photo Dirigo Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album This is a wonderful find, a vintage movie still from the film This Love Of Ours. It is black and white and measures about 8x10 inches. It features the lovely Merle Oberon lying on a couch. The bottom has the Universal Pictures stamp and it is dated 1945 as well. It is stamped M.O.B. on the bottom left corner. From IMDB: "Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson was born in India on February 19, 1911. She was educated in that country until the age of 17, when she left for London. Merle began her career in British films with mostly forgettable roles or bit parts. She appeared in an uncredited role in Alf's Button (1930), a pattern that would unfortunately repeat itself regularly over the next three years. However, movie moguls eventually saw an untapped talent in their midst and began grooming Merle for something bigger. Finally she landed a part with substance: the role of Ysobel d'Aunay in _Men of Tomorrow (1933)_. That was quickly followed by The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933). After her portrayal of Lady Marguerite Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), Hollywood beckoned and she left to try her hand in US films. American movie executives already had some idea of her talent because her film The Broken Melody (1934) (US title: Vagabond Violinst) was a success in that country. With her nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress as Kitty Vane in The Dark Angel (1935), Merle became a star in both Britain and the US. Her work in that film resulted in offers for more quality pictures, and she appeared in several well received films, such as These Three (1936), Over the Moon (1939) and The Divorce of Lady X (1938). Her most critically acclaimed performance--hailed by some critics as "masterful"--was as Cathy Linton in Wuthering Heights (1939). The 1940s proved to be a very busy decade for her, as she appeared in no less than 15 films. After her role in Berlin Express (1948) she would not be seen on the screen again until four years later, as Elizabeth Rockwell in Pardon My French (1952). She was off the screen again for more than a year, returning in DesirÃ©e (1954). Unfortunately, she began appearing in fewer and fewer films over the ensuing years. T were no films for her in 1955, only one in 1956 and then none until Of Love and Desire (1963). In between she did appear on television as host of the TV series "Assignment Foreign Legion" (1956). Her final film was Interval (1973). After her career finally ended she lived in quiet retirement until her death of a massive stroke on November 23, 1979, in Malibu, California. She was 68 and had kept her beauty to the end."This photo has handwritten notes on the back from the original owner, Carmen Dirigo, and the photo was taken by Ray Jones for Universal Pictures. T is some light discoloration and some warping/curling as well. 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... read more

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