Description: JULIAN ELTINGE (ca. 1915-31) Photo archive [New York, Hollywood: ca. 1915-1931]. Set of seven (7) vintage original black-and-white print still photos. Overall, very good+. Two (2) photos from The Clever Mrs. Carfax (1917): one a borderless 7 3/8 x 8 1/2" (19 x 22 cm.) still with Eltinge on left, the other an 8 x 9 3/4" (20 x 25 cm.) photo with Eltinge on the right (this photo with creases and wear at edges, very good).Doubleweight 10 x 8" (25 x 20 cm.) portrait, 1917, showing Eltinge in suit-and-tie in foreground and in a dress in background. elegantly inscribed by Eltinge.Doubleweight borderless 9 3/8 x 7" (24 x 18 cm.) portrait of Eltinge in suit-and-tie, by Los Angeles portrait photographer Witzel, ca. 1918.Doubleweight 10 x 8" (25 x 20 cm.) portrait, undated. There are a couple of date stamps on verso, one from 1933, but we believe the actual photo to date from Eltinge's Hollywood career, possibly ca. 1918.Two (2) 6 3/4 x 4 3/4" (17.5 x 12 cm.) portraits from the film Maid to Order (1931). Julian Eltinge was the most acclaimed "female impersonator" of his time. He captivated Broadway starting in the mid-1900s, and gave a command performance in London before King Edward VII. He also was a major star in vaudeville. By the mid-1910s Hollywood beckoned, and he made a success in silent film. However, as the Depression set in there was no longer the former interest in his work, and jobs dried up. "Despite the graceful femininity he exhibited on stage, Eltinge used a supermasculine façade in public to combat the rumours of his homosexuality. This sexual duality led to Chicago Tribune drama critic Percy Hammond's using the term 'ambisextrous' to describe him. "Eltinge may have been a gay man, as Milton Berle and many others who worked with him believed. Actress Ruth Gordon stated in a New York Times article that he was 'as virile as anybody virile.' There is no existing record of a lover of either sex, though stories did abound." (Wikipedia) FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES! FedEx Ground / Home Delivery or USPS Priority Mail, fully insured with tracking number. Shipments outside of continental US -- please contact us for price quote. All shipments are very carefully packaged with multiple layers of cardboard or within gorilla-proof mailing tubes. RETURNS: If you don't like an item, you can return it for any reason within fourteen days of receipt. It must come back in the same condition as it was sent. I make a full refund less the cost of shipping the item to you. AUTHENTICATION: My name is Walter Reuben. I have been collecting movie posters since 1978. I have been a full-time dealer since 1982. I have personally handled thousands of rare vintage posters and have sold to collectors, libraries, and museums in all parts of the world. Everything which I sell is fully researched and entirely guaranteed to be completely authentic and as described. A lifetime of experience goes behind every description of every piece which I offer. ABOUT ME: For further information, go to the ABOUT ME page.
Price: 1800 USD
Location: Los Angeles, California
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Industry: Movies
Size: Various
Object Type: Photograph
Style: Black & White
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
