Percy Marmont 1915 Vintage Photograph George Landy Productions

Description: My grandmother Clara “Billie“ Wines (who was born in 1898) collected these pictures as a hobby in 1914 & 1915 when she was a teenager. She either met these stars in person or wrote a letter to receive one as was the way back in her time. She hand dated on the back in pencil some of them with the year. She was born in Glencoe, IL and grew up in Chicago. These have been in a box in my closet since my father gave them to me in 1976 when she died. She was affiliated with Essanay Studios and Vitagraph Studios and the Vitagraph Theater in Chicago. All items are packed in acid-free self sealing cellophane bag and sent in a plastic bubble envelope with cardboard on sides or a cardboard flat envelope with Do Not Bend & Fragile stickers. If you have any other questions, please ask BEFORE sending payment. Please feel free to contact me about any item you are interested in. Additional pictures available upon request. I check my account regularly everyday and respond quickly. I aim for positive feedback. When you receive your item please leave me feedback and I will do the same for you right away. If you have any questions about your order when you receive it or have an issue with it please message me with your concerns right away. I stand behind my stock. Tall, debonair British matinée idol Percy Marmont first acted on stage in 1900. As a romantic lead from 1916, he made his screen debut while touring South Africa with a theatrical troupe in De Voortrekkers (1916). From there, the players went on to Australia (where Marmont made a second film, The Monk and the Woman (1917)) and then to the U.S.. A chance encounter with a Broadway producer led to him being cast in a leading role in the comedy "The Three Bears", which effectively postponed his intended return to Britain until 1928. During his time in the States, Marmont divided his time between the theatre and films. His first big successes were in Hollywood, where a street was named after him (Marmont Lane), leading to 'Chateau Marmont', a recreated gothic castle in which the rich and famous could rent a room for up to $750 per month.Marmont starred in more than fifty silent films, appearing with some of the top screen actresses of the period, beginning with Corinne Griffith and Alice Joyce at Vitagraph. His perpetually serious, somewhat tortured demeanour may well have been compounded by a hernia he suffered while picking up Clara Bow in Mantrap (1926). Marmont left Hollywood in 1928, to play dapper Lotharios in British films, as well as starring in adaptations of classic American plays ("Witness for the Prosecution", "The Philadelphia Story") on the London stage. He partnered Vivien Leigh in her final British theatrical appearance in "La Contessa" in 1965.Marmont spent the final years of his life, almost completely blind, at his sprawling country estate, an hour's train ride from London.

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Location: Portage, Indiana

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