GLORIA SWANSON | WHAT A WIDOW! (1930) Oversized portrait by Russell Ball

[Los Angeles]: United Artists, [1930]. Vintage original 10 1/4 x 13 1/2″ (28 x 35 cm) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin photo. Ink stamped on the verso “Gloria Swanson in ‘What a Widow’ directed by Alan Dwan, United Artists picture, photo credit Russell Ball”. Nearly flawless condition, fine.

Rene Hubert designed a fashion parade for star Gloria Swanson in one of her few talkie films, a pre-Code comedy. This image is the epitome of classic Hollywood portraiture photography.