BELLE BAKER - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 293404
Price: $200.00
BELLE BAKER
Small 5x7 sepia image of a smiling Baker in a sequined dress
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To/David Bridal/With all my/very
best wishes/Sincerely/Belle Baker". Sepia, 5x7. Singer and actress Belle
Baker (1893-1957) performed in Yiddish theater, vaudeville, Broadway and
radio, and made 3 film appearances. Baker was called "the Ragtime singer,"
but she also excelled in sentimental songs, including her signature tune, "My
Yiddische Mama," first performed in 1925. She introduced Irving Berlin's
"Blue Skies" in the musical Betty (1926). She starred in one of
the very first film musicals, Song of Love (1929), with songs written
for her by husband Maurice Abrahams. Other songs introduced by Baker included
"All of Me," "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "My Sin." She had her own radio
program in the 1930s. Surface creases seen head on. Corners lightly worn.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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