KAY JOHNSON Original WARNER BROS Hair Test PHOTO 1938

Great ORIGINAL 8 x 10” Black & White Warner Bros. Studio Hair & Make-upTest PhotographSet all ORIGINAL from the WB studios hair and make-up department on thinner paper so it curlswith age of Actress KAY JOHNSON.This Photo shows the actress with herhairdown & in a ponytail,and make-up on, it was a testphoto for the 1938 motion picture,White Banners Director:Edmund GouldingScreenplay by Lenore J. Coffee Based on the book by Lloyd C. Douglas A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but her real interest is in meeting their neighbor, teenager Peter Trimble. It turns out that Peter is the son she bore out of wedlock and gave up for adoption, and now Hannah has returned to town to see what sort of young man her son has become. The entire cast included: Claude Rains... Paul WardFay Bainter... Hannah ParmaleeJackie Cooper... Peter TrimbleBonita Granville... Sally WardHenry O'Neill... Sam TrimbleKay Johnson... Mrs. Marcia WardJames Stephenson... Thomas BradfordJ. Farrell MacDonald... Dr. ThompsonWilliam Pawley... Joe EllisEdward Pawley... Bill EllisJohn Ridgely... Charles EllisMary Field... Hester, Trimble's SecretaryEdward McWade... Sloan the furniture dealerIt's an ORIGINAL one of a kind item, nice Original Studiopiece. It’s a GREAT ONE OF A KIND STUDIO Photo great shape! It has 3-hole punches from being used in a studio binder. GreatIf you like classic Hollywood or Warner Bros. Photos. Photos have a couple upper right corner bends.MORE INFO ON KAY JOHNSON: Kay Johnson (November 29, 1904 – November 17, 1975) was an American actress who performed on the stage and in Hollywood films.Katharine Johnson was born in Mount Vernon, New York in 1904. Her father was architect Thomas R. Johnson who designed several noteworthy buildings in the New York City. Among these include the Woolworth Building, the New York Customs House, and library buildings. Kay, as she was known, resolved to become an actress after leaving boarding school in Ohio. Her mother reluctantly permitted her to take a course at the American Academy of Dramatic Art.Her first leading role was in a play called Beggar on Horseback, and her first stage work of note was in the production of R.U.R. in Chicago. She moved to California after appearing in The Little Accident in Providence, Rhode Island. She was accompanied by her soon to-be-husband John Cromwell who worked as a director in Hollywood. They wed in October 1928.Kay Johnson was signed to a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Cecil B. DeMille following a performance of the The Silver Cord at the Repertory Theater in Los Angeles, California. The play was produced by Simeon Gest of the Figueroa Playhouse. Her film debut came in Dynamite (1929). Dynamite was written by Jeanie Macpherson and featured Charles Bickford and Conrad Nagel. Production was delayed while Johnson recovered from an appendectomy.She went on to appear in The Ship From Shanghai (1930), This Mad World (1930), Billy the Kid (1930), The Spoilers (1930) with Gary Cooper and Betty Compson , Madame Satan (1930), Thirteen Women (1932), Of Human Bondage (which starred Leslie Howard and Bette Davis), The Call of the Wild (1935) and The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944). Johnson was cast opposite Warner Baxter in a screen adaptation of Such Men Are Dangerous by Elinor Glyn. The story was adapted to the screen by Fox Film.Johnson's film career continued until 1954 when her final appearance came in the British film Jivaro (also known as Lost Treasure of the Amazon).Johnson was married to John Cromwell from 1928 until their divorce in 1948. They were the parents of the actor James Cromwell. Kay Johnson died in Waterford, Connecticut, aged 70.Winning buyder agrees in advance to pay an additional Mail postage (Foreign orders will require additional postage) and to remit full payment within 10 days after notification from the seller.PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 15 DAYS DELIVERY. California residents must add - state sales taxes. Be sure to click on "View Seller's Other products" for more great items like this! Powered by eCRATER . List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.