Vintage Original Sepia Photograph (not signed)

on a 3/4 length seated pose in costume for "Show Boat" with director James Whale in a behind the camera shot going over the script. Photograph is on single stock; 8" x 10"; very good; 1936. "Showboat" was released in 1936 directed by James Whale and starring Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson, Charles Winninger, Hattie McDaniel, Donald Cook and Sammy White with music by Jerome Kern and words by Oscar Hammerstein II. Robeson (1898-1976), born April 9, 1898, Princeton, New Jersey; died January 23, 1976, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Black American singer and actor; Jerome Kern wrote the song "Ol' Man River" for Robeson, which he sang in the (truncated) play (1928) and the movie (1936). Whale (1896-1957), born July 22, 1896, Dudley, England; died May 29, 1957, Hollywood, California; English actor, set designer and then director; imported to Hollywood in 1930 to direct the screen version of his state success "Journey's End"; best remembered for his four stylish horror films "Frankenstein"; "The Old Dark House"; "The Invisible Man" and "The Bride of Frankenstein"; retired from film in early 1940's to pursue painting; drowned in his swimming pool under mysterious circumstances. (Inventory #: 602044)