ALICE CALHOUN (c.1923) - Vintage Original U.S. 8x10 Still Photograph by PARALTA

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Item Number: S-CALHOUN-01

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Vintage original 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.) U.S. double-weight still photograph by Paralta, matte finish, near-fine condition.

This double-weight portrait publicity still photograph is of silent film actress Alice Calhoun. The image features an interior studio portrait shot of Miss Calhoun wearing a cream-colored dress with a scarf draped around her neck as she poses in front of a black studio backdrop. This gorgeous soft-focus image, which is complimented by strong side-lighting to add depth to thte image, was taken by Paralta of Los Angeles and bear's the photographer's logo in the lower right corner. This vintage original still photograph was printed on double-weight stock with a matte finish and is in near-mint condition with no visibile flaws.

Born Alice Beatrice Calhoun in Cleveland, Ohio, she made her film debut in a role not credited in 1918 and went on to appear in another forty-seven films between then and 1929. As a star with Vitagraph in New York City, she moved with the company when it relocated to Hollywood. In the comedy The Man Next Door (1923), Calhoun plays Bonnie Bell. A critic complimented her on being pretty and playing her role successfully. The Man From Brodney's (1923) is a film which displays the fencing talent of actor J. Warren Kerrigan. Directed by David Smith for Vitagraph, the film is based on a novel by George Barr McCutcheon. Calhoun plays Princess Genevra. Between Friends (1924) is a motion picture adapted from a story by Robert W. Chambers. Anna Q. Nilsson and Norman Kerry are part of a cast in which Calhoun plays an artist's Model (person). Among her other film titles are Pampered Youth (1925), The Power of the Weak (1926), Savage Passions (1927) and Bride of the Desert (1929). Like a number of other stars at the time, her voice did not lend itself to sound and her one performance in a talkie came in an uncredited role in 1934.