VERA H. RALSTON - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 05/05/1980 - HFSID 199781
Price: $280.00
VERA RALSTON. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Al/best
wishes always/Vera Ralston 5-5-80". B/w, 8x10. Actress Vera Ralston
(1919-2003), born Vera Hruba in Prague Czechoslovakia, first gained attention as
an ice-skater, prompting Herbert J. Yates, the head of Republic Pictures, to
bring her to the U.S. to become "the next Sonja Henie". Credited as Vera
Hruba in her 1941 film debut in Ice-Capades, the actress, who took the
name "Ralston" from the name of a breakfast cereal company, would go on to
appear in 26 films for Republic Pictures - and would marry Yates (they
were married from March 1952 until his death on February 3, 1966). She
retired from the screen in 1958 - the year that Yates was deposed as the head of
the studio. On June 16, 1973, seven years after her first husband's death,
Ralston married Charles de Alva. The couple lived in Santa Barbara, California,
where Ralston died on February 9, 2003. Lightly creased at blank corners. Minor
surface creases and scratches (most not evident head on). Black marks at upper
and lower left edges. Overall, fine and lovely.
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