GERTRUDE SELBY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 171871
Price: $260.00
GERTRUDE SELBY
The silent film actress looks happily at the camera in her velvet
coat and hat with an armful of flowers in 7x9 photograph, signs name in black
ink. Extremely rare!
Photograph signed: "Sincerely/ Gertrude Selby" in black ink.
Sepia, 7x9. Silent film actress Gertrude Selby (1890-1975) began
acting in 1914 and in the next five years she appeared in fifty films, mostly as
the lead comedienne for Henry Lerman's L-KO Motion Picture Company and his
Sunshine Comedies. Her movie credits include films such as Gertie's
Joy Ride (1915), Lured But Cured (1916) and
Neptune's Step-Daughter (1920). Selby married
Chicago department store heir Townsend Netcher in 1919 which kept her from
acting until their marriage ended in 1928. She spent the 1930 in Europe with her
mother and sister, narrowly escaping Spain before the Spanish revolution and
finally settling in New York before the outbreak of WWII. She later married
George Gashet and spent the rest of her life socializing with the rich and
famous until her death. Only a handful of Selby's films are still in existence.
Toned. Puncture holes in top margin. Torn in bottom left corner. Light surface
creases. Lightly worn. Otherwise, fine condition.
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