VERA H. RALSTON - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 12/06/1980 - HFSID 159863
Sale Price $135.00
Reg. $160.00
VERA RALSTON
The Republic Pictures leading lady poses in a sheik white suit
against a tree. (5x7)
Inscribed photograph signed: "to/David Wood/best regards/Vera
Ralston/12-6-80". B/w, 5x7. 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. Minor surface scratches (not evident head on). Fine
condition.
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