ANITA LOUISE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 53878

ANITA LOUISE
Signed b/w publicity photo of actor Anita Louise for The Story of Louis Pasteur. Louise starred in this 1936 historical drama as the daughter of Louis Pasteur.
Photograph signed "Anita Louise" in blue ink. B/w, 4x5 overall, 3¾x4½ image, one surface. Captioned: "ANITA LOUISE in 'THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR' starring PAUL MUNI/Now Play New York Strand Theatre". Louise starred in this 1936 historical drama as the daughter of Louis Pasteur, played by Paul Muni. Fashionable, fragile and eternally young Louise (1915-1970), born Anita Louise Fremault, got her acting start on Broadway at age six and debuted in films soon after that, in 1922. Her roles movies included costume dramas during her peak in the 1930s (Madame DuBarry, 1934; Midsummer Night's Dream, 1935; The Story of Louis Pasteur, 1936; Marie Antoinette, 1938) and ingénue roles after that, though she was equally effective at playing one of the black hats (Nine Girls, 1944). Louise also gained a reputation as a society hostess in Hollywood, with shindigs that attracted the beautiful people and the press alike. She jumped to TV in 1950 and stayed there for another 20 years. Her best remembered TV role is probably as mother Nell McLaughlin on My Friend Flicka (1955-1956). In all, she had over 80 movies and TV shows to her credit between 1922 and 1970. Lightly toned. Rounded and worn left corners with missing right corners. Otherwise in fine condition.