Janet Gaynor in "Sunrise" by Max Munn Autrey (Fox, 1927). Portrait (11" X 14").. ...

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Janet Gaynor in "Sunrise" by Max Munn Autrey (Fox, 1927). Portrait (11" X 14").
Vintage gelatin silver, double weight, satin finish photo. Janet Gaynor, as "The Wife", holds and comforts her baby, while her husband (George O'Brien) steals away in the night for a romantic tryst with "The Woman." This stunning Madonna-like image is from F.W. Murnau's cinematic masterpiece Sunrise, which helped earn Gaynor the very first Academy Award for Best Actress. It was given in 1929 for her body of work from 1927-1928. Recto: Autrey signature in the negative. Near Mint.

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