Description: Here is a rare very early vintage original autographed 5" by 7" photo of actress Louise Allbritton (1920-1979), from her prime in the 1940s. Louise Allbritton was the only child of L.L. and Caroline Greer Allbritton and was born on July 3, 1920 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Soon after her birth, the family moved to Wichita Falls, Texas, where her father owned and operated the local traction system. Louise's mother Caroline died when Louise was a very young child and her father was left to cope with Louise's determination to become an actress. He sent her to the University of Oklahoma where she studied journalism but after two years, quit and moved to California where she joined the Pasadena Playhouse. While apprenticing there, she tried unsuccessfully to get film work but was told she was too tall. She remained at the Pasadena Playhouse where she performed lead roles in several productions but without film work she began to think she would move back to Texas and life on the 100,000 acre ranch with her father. As so often happens (particularly in the movies), a scout from Columbia Pictures happened to catch her matriculating on stage and offered her a role in an upcoming Fay Wray-Paul Kelly film called Not a Ladies Man, which stunk. Shortly after that film's release, Louise was in another Columbia stinker -- Parachute Nurse (1942). Louise claimed she played the parachute. Soon after, Louise signed a seven-year contract with Universal, a company not well-renowned for promoting their actors. Universal was known, however, for firing actors (and they in turn found stardom at other studios) and their horror pictures. Louise only made 23 films (actually 24 but the last has never been released). During this time, she met a real-life war correspondent through her good friend Carole Landis -- Charles Collingwood -- who became Louise's husband. Minor corner and edge wear, minor waviness. Rare.
Price: 72.99 USD
Location: Marietta, Georgia
End Time: 2024-11-25T02:56:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.5 USD
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
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Industry: Movies
Signed: Yes
Object Type: Photograph
Original/Reproduction: Original
