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Paramount Films

This 1926 pastel by Cardwell Higgens was created for an exhibitor’s book produced by Paramount Pictures to promote their silent film star Florence Vidor.

Florence Vidor in Love the Magician

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
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Tagged With: 1920s, Cardwell Higgins, flapper, Florence Vidor, hollywood, Lost Hollywood, Paramount Films, Silent film
Added to Gallery: May 27, 2018

Carole Lombard, one of the finest actresses of the golden era of Hollywood film, is captured in all of her glamour in this promotional portrait for Paramount Pictures. In dramatic sequined gown, the platinum blonde beauty who captured the heart of America in the 1930s, and died tragically promoting the war effort in 1941, still captivates.

Carole Lombard

Artist: Unknown
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Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, Carole Lombard, gelatin silver photograph, glamour, hollywood, Paramount Films, portrait
Added to Gallery: July 18, 2010

Paramount pictures glamour photographer Otto Dyar captures pre-code starlet Adrienne Ames at her most glamorous in this large format, art deco gallery portrait. The press snipe on the verso evokes the sophistication with which Ames was identified, and the fashion icon as which she was known. “Brown and tomato red creates the striking color combination of this rough crepe street frock worn by Adrienne Ames in “From Hell to Heaven”, a Paramount pictures.”

Adrienne Ames in From Hell to Heaven

Artist: Otto Dyar
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Tagged With: 1930s, Adrienne Ames, american, art deco, fashion, gelatin silver photograph, glamour, hollywood, Otto Dyar, Paramount Films, portrait, pre-code
Added to Gallery: June 21, 2010

Shortly after cementing her reputation as a rising ingenue in Hollywood with the role of Wendy in Peter Pan, Mary Brian became one of the most in-demand heroines of the silent film era. In this sweetly romantic, yet sophisticated portrait of the beauty queen, Eugene Robert Richee, the Paramount Pictures studio photographer (best known for his portraits of Louise Brooks) showcases her complex allure.

Mary Brian in The Enchanted Hill

Artist: Eugene Robert Richee
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Tagged With: 1920s, american, art nouveau, Eugene Robert Richee, gelatin silver photograph, glamour, Mary Brian, Paramount Films, portrait, romantic, silent movie
Added to Gallery: June 8, 2010

Grapefruit Moon Gallery is delighted to offer this spectacularly executed, and exceedingly rare surviving original painting by Henry Clive of the glamorous silent era Hollywood superstar Gloria Swanson. Clive, a staff illustrator at Paramount, executed a series of portraits for for the film studio of stars including Rudolph Valentino, Mae Murray, Pola Negri, Betty Compson, Jackie Coogan and Charlie Chaplin. These portraits graced the lids of 1920s Canco company tins, and this is the only original painting from the series known to exist. It is truly rare treasure from the Lost Era of Hollywood.

Portrait of Gloria Swanson

Artist: Henry Clive
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Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, Gloria Swanson, Henry Clive, hollywood, jazz age, Paramount Films, portrait, silent movie, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: March 15, 2010

The only known original poster art work from Henry Clive’s tenure as illustrator for Paramount Films. An original oil on illustration board for George Hobart’s 1921 film Experience starring Helen Ray. The charactors in this piece were all given allegorical names with stars including Richard Barthelmess as “Youth”, and depicted in this illustration is Helen Ray as “Intoxication”. This artwork includes a $900 custom made gold gesso gallery frame and all archival material shown.

Intoxication

Artist: Henry Clive
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Tagged With: 1920s, american, bacchanalia, George Hobart, Helen Ray, Henry Clive, hollywood, intoxication, martini, Paramount Films, poster design, silent movie, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: January 1, 2003

 

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    About Grapefruit Moon Gallery

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

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