Description

Description: The seated actor, Heggie, seems to be holding up a model airplane, while looking impishly at the camera. A fedora hat is perched on Heggie’s head.

The 10” x  8” photograph is blindstamped “Hurrell” at the lower right corner. Item #P00287

George Hurrell (1904-1992) was the master of Hollywood glamour photography. His striking b/w photographs of Hollywood actors were used to market films in the 1930s and through the 1940s.

Oliver Peters Heggie (1877-1936), an Australian theater and film actor, began in amateur theater productions in Sydney and London. He gained prominence on Broadway (NYC), playing the lead in Androcles and The Lion, Old Man Minick in Minick, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, Diggory in She Stoops to Conquer and others. He moved to Hollywood in 1928 and appeared in 27 films, including: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu, etc.

Condition: Very good condition.