Leggy Pre-Code Blonde Mary Doran Original 1930s Art Deco Pin-Up Photograph

Description

ITEM: This is a 1930s vintage and original art deco pin-up photograph of actress Mary Doran. The blonde starlet and former Follies girl is gorgeous in a scant two-piece costume with beaded, spangly adornments. She is posed to perfection in a leggy view on a carved wooden chaise.
Originally planning on a teaching career, Doran instead became a professional tap dancer, working for Flo Ziegfeld on Broadway before she was signed to an MGM contract in 1928. During the first years of the talkies, Doran showed up in such major releases as "Broadway Melody" (1929), "The Divorcee" (1930), and "Our Blushing Brides" (1930), usually cast as a flirt or gold digger.
Photograph measures 8" x 10" on a glossy single weight paper stock.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
More about Mary Doran:
Having first aspired to become a teacher, wavy-haired, blonde Mary Doran attended the respected Ned Wayburn Dancing Academy - like countless other hopeful actresses - to learn tap dancing. She first appeared on stage in 'Betsy' (1926), a rare flop by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (and Rodgers & Hart), then in the hit 'Rio Rita'. Her film career lasted just eight years, 1928 (contract with MGM) to 1936. Her brief moment as leading lady can be summarised by her first major film, The Broadway Melody (1929). After that, her name descended to the lower depths of the cast list, though she did have a funny bit in the Harold Lloyd comedy Movie Crazy (1932). From the mid-30's, Mary was relegated to bit parts and 'quota quickies' and called it a day.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis