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Item Description

Movie Studio Cards were very popular during the 1920s to the 1960s. When you would write to a studio or celebrity, it was very common to be sent a 5x7 of the celebrity with a facsimile signature.

DESCRIPTION: In this lot are 3 original vintage movie photo cards:

Polly Walker was Miss Coney Island in 1923 and was discovered by George M. Cohan for Broadway musicals. When sound hit, she was in several large musicals between 1929-1932, but stayed with stage and Broadway for musicals.

Ruth Taylor began in films with Mack Sennett as one of his bathing beauties. From 1925-1930 she was in 42 films. In 1930 she married and retired and had one son, screenwriter Buck Henry. She made a final appearance in 1950 on the tv series Trapped.

Mona Rico was a Mexican actress who appeared in 14 films from 1929-1941, most famous as Carmelita in a Zorro film. After suffering facial injuries from a plane crash her career suffered and she retired in 1941.

CONDITION: All 3 are in Very Good to Very Good+ with some slight edge wear and storage curves due to age.

Item Special Note

PLEASE NOTE:  Watermark is NOT on the actual photographs!  Click on images to enlarge.

Movie Poster Archives is a 501c3 non-profit corporation dedicated to documenting and digitizing film accessories in development of the first physical and digital repository. The items listed for sale are items that are lagniappe (extra) pieces beyond what is needed for the MPA programs or do not fit into the MPA program parameters. These lagniappe items are sold to raise funds for overhead and development of MPA programs and sold as is with no rights given or implied.

Valuation:  Since this material is lagniappe or does not fit into our preservation programs, we do not assess their market value.  Price is established to cover our processing, storing and shipping supplies and leave a nominal profit for our programs.

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