Vintage Jessica Tandy SP C. 1945. A Streetcar Named Desire 1947/48

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Here is a well taken and exposed 8"x10" double weight glossy gelatin silver portrait of Jessica Tandy by Bender Studio, NYC, C. 1945, dedicated and signed boldly with a blueish fountain pen. Beneath is a 1947/1948 preprinted 5" x 7" double weight matte publicity print of Tandy in her Tony Award winning role as Blanche DuBios in Tennessee William's Pulitzer Prize ward winning play "A Streetcar Named Desire" of 1947. 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 20, 2024 at 11:09am

And Vivien Leigh in the same role in the December, 1949, London version directed by her husband,  Laurence Olivier. Photographed by Angus McBean.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo 3 hours ago

It appears the name of the photographer of the Tandy photo was Ellen Darby.

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