1940's, 5"x7" Sepia Tone print of Lana Turner, made by Screen Art Pictures

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1940's, 5"x7" Sepia Tone print of Lana Turner, made by Screen Art Pictures
1940's, 5"x7" Sepia Tone print of Lana Turner, made by Screen Art Pictures
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1940's, Sepia Tone print of Lana Turner, made by Screen Art Pictures
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Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress who worked in film, television, theater and radio. Over the course of her nearly 50-year career, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a dramatic actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. In the mid-1940s, she was one of the highest-paid women in the United States, and one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's (MGM) biggest stars, with her films earning the studio more than million during her 18-year contract with them. She is frequently cited as a popular culture icon of Hollywood glamour.
Born to working-class parents in northern Idaho, Turner spent her early life there before her family relocated to San Francisco. In 1936, when Turner was 15, she was discovered while purchasing a soda at the Top Hat Malt Shop in Hollywood. At the age of 16, she was signed to a personal contract by Warner Bros. director Mervyn LeRoy, who took her with him when he transferred to MGM in 1938. Turner soon attracted attention by playing the role of a murder victim in her first film, LeRoy's They Won't Forget (1937), and she later transitioned into featured roles, often appearing as an ingénue.
During the early 1940s, Turner established herself as a leading actress and one of MGM's top performers, appearing in such films as the film noir Johnny Eager (1941); the musical Ziegfeld Girl (1941); the horror film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941); and the romantic war drama Somewhere I'll Find You (1942), one of several films in which she starred opposite Clark Gable. Turner's reputation as a glamorous femme fatale was enhanced by her critically acclaimed performance in the film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), a role which established her as a serious dramatic actress. Her popularity continued through the 1950s in dramas such as The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Peyton Place (1957), the latter for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
In 1992, Turner was diagnosed with throat cancer and died of the disease three years later at age 74.
This piece of Movie Memoribilia is over 70 years old.
Size: 5” x 7”.
Back is blank.
Condition: used, EX-EX/MT
(see images).
This item would make a great gift or nice addition to your collection
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