Ruth Harriet Louise Portrait of a Very Young Joan Crawford

Hollywood: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1929. Original Photograph . Paper. An original Ruth Harriet Louise 8" x 10" photograph portrait of a very young Joan Crawford. The photo was taken in 1929 and features Crawford wearing a Howard Greer get-up. The pasted caption on the verso reads in part "Joan Crawford, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer player, poses in sports costume of white camels hair jersey jumper over pleated silk skirt. Embossed stamp of Ruth Harriet Louise on bottom of the white border, and her faint rubber stamp is also on the verso along with a property of Photoplay Magazine rubber stamp. This is a superb example of the Hollywood studio publicity machine in full force during the early years of its golden age and a wonderful rare photograph by one of the legendary photographers working in the Hollywood studio system, not to mention a wonderful portrait of a great movoe star during her very early years when she was relatively unknown. Very faint not noticeable small crease to the top of the still which is printed on heavy stock paper.