Una Merkel Silver Photograph

Measures 6-1/2 x 8-1/2. Images features Madge Evans, Russell Hardy and Merkel. With news agency backstamp and caption attached. Merkel, (1903-1986), Although she is best known for her later work, Una Merkel actually started in film in 1920 as Lillian Gish's stand-in for Way Down East. After a stage career in the 1920s, she returned to films as Ann Rutledge in D. W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln (1930). The vivacious character actress brightened up dozens of films, playing mostly comic roles interspersed with an occasional dramatic part. Films to watch include Dangerous Female (1931); Private Lives (1931); Red-Headed Woman.

$40  No. 1716  Questions?