GLORIA JEAN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 323752
Price: $160.00
GLORIA JEAN
Candid 4x5¾ photograph of the former child star signed to a fan in blue ink
Inscribed photograph signed: "To Clint/Sincerely/Gloria Jean", in blue ink, Color 4x5¾. In
1939, Universal studios, searching for a possible successor to their juvenile singing star, Deanna
Durbin, cast actress Gloria Jean (1926-2018) in The Under-Pup, an inexpensive
comedy-drama set in an Interlochen-style musical camp. The film was a hit, and Jean was
signed to a Universal contract. Although the actress made 39 films, mostly in the 1940s
and 1950s, including Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) with W.C. Fields, her
career was not as carefully monitored as Durbin's; allegedly, the studio had problems dealing
with Jean's mother, and surreptitiously punished her by sticking her daughter in second-rate
roles. Jean also made occasional guest appearances on television, including roles on Death
Valley Days (1954) and Annie Oakley (1955), before retiring from acting in 1961. Ink notes
(unknown hand) on verso. Fine condition.
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