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An antique PHOTOGRAPH.Sepia toneon heavy card stock matte. Large photo. This beautiful woman is LILLIAN RICH, silent screen movie star. Photo taken in 1920. The back is stamped in purple ink: LILLIAN RICH in Paramount Pictures. This is an original.
Lillian is dressed flapper style, with large ostrich feather like dark plumed fan held in front of her low cut dress. Elaborately beaded dress with white pearls on the straps. She wears a sparkly diamond like necklace. Her hair is pulled back, waved in front as was the fashion in the roaring 20s. She has a pearl beaded wrap woven into the right side of her hair, it's pretty & unique. She has lipstick on, with little cupie doll like lips, big light eyes, thin eyebrows, long thin eyelashes.
Back is also stamped: Permission is hereby granted for use of this photograph in magazines and newspapers. Credit to PARAMOUNT PICTURES will be appreciated. Authenticmovie still, a publicity shot. One of the prettiest I've seen of this Hollywood silent film era actress.
Size is 9" tall by 7 incheswide. Collectible, rare find. Here's her biography:
Lillian Rich
Born
January 1, 1900(1900-01-01)
Herne Hill, London
England
Died
January 5, 1954(1954-01-05) (aged54)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
U.S.
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1919–1940
Lillian Rich (1 January 1900 – 5 January 1954) was an English actress of the silent era. She appeared in 66 films between 1919 and 1940.
She was born in Herne Hill, London and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Selected filmography
- Sprucin' Up (1935)
- A Lad an' a Lamp (1932)
- Birthday Blues (1932)
- Free Wheeling (1932)
- High Seas (1929)
- On the Front Page (1926)
- The Golden Web (1926)
- The Golden Bed (1925)
- Soft Shoes (1925)
- The Bearcat (1922)
- Man to Man (1922)