Description: Vintage original 8x10 in. US single-weight glossy photograph of motion picture actress ANNE NAGEL c.1937. She is depicted in a close interior studio shot wearing a large white fur as she looks over her right shoulder. It is in near-fine condition with a very light horizontal crease in the bottom third that is very unobtrusive with a similar crease 1 in. above it that goes through her chin but which is hard to see; a 4 in. diagonal crease on the center of the top border that extends downwards to the right through her hair; random signs of light wear on the corners; and some creases in the right border. There are no pinholes, stains, writing, or other flaws. Anne Nagel's life could be summed up in two words: pretty miserable. Born to devoutly religious Bostonian parents who had long encouraged her to become a nun, she had been enrolled in a preparatory school for just that purpose. As a young teenager, she worked part-time as a photographer's model, and by her mid-teens, she had become more interested in a life in Hollywood than in a convent and had joined a Boston theater company. By this time, her mother had remarried and her new stepfather, a Technicolor expert, had been hired by Tiffany Studios, a bottom-rung Poverty Row studio. The family journeyed to California and Anne's first film experience was in several Technicolor experimental shorts directed by her stepfather. She soon graduated to features as a dancer. Her striking beauty and pleasant voice made her a natural for talkies. She landed a contract at Warner Brothers and made her film debut in 1932, enjoying a string of steady, if unspectacular, roles in lower- and medium-budget pictures. Life began to unravel for Nagel in 1936 when she married actor Ross Alexander. Alexander committed suicide in 1937, and it affected Nagel deeply. Universal, with whom she was under contract by 1941, placed her in several serials and featured her in several of its lower-rank horror pictures (including Man Made Monster) and B westerns. She soon left Universal and struck out on her own, but unfortunately she was able to land roles only at Poverty Row studios, such as Republic, Monogram, and the nadir of the film industry, PRC. Ironically, her last film, Armored Car Robbery (1950), a taut, highly-regarded little thriller now considered a classic of the genre, was easily the best picture she had done in years, and a good one to go out on. She had married an Army Air Corps officer, James H. Keehan, in 1941, but the marriage was increasingly unhappy and they divorced in 1951. Stories spread about her having an alcohol problem and she spent the last years of her life virtually penniless. She died from cancer on July 6, 1966, at only 50 years of age.
Price: 45 USD
Location: Valley Village, California
End Time: 2025-02-01T16:03:56.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: 8x10 inches
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Style: Black & White
Original/Reproduction: Original
Year: Pre-1940
Object Type: Photograph
Industry: Movies
Item: Vintage original single-weight glossy photograph
Actors: Anne Nagel
Item Number: CS-NAGEL-S01
LOC: 3-RING
