Original Black & White Photograph Portrait of Lillian Gish from the Film Romola by Charles Albin. With an Autographed Signed Note by Lillian Gish to the Film’s Cinematographer Roy F. Overbaugh

mid-1920s. Original black & white photograph portrait of Lillian Gish in character from the film Romola taken by noted celebrity photographer of the time Charles Albin with “Albin, New York” unobtrusively blindstamped to the bottom left corner. With an autographed note card signed by Lillian Gish to the film’s cinematographer Roy F. Overbaugh, measuring 3 1/4 inches by 1 3/8 inches, set into the mat below Miss Gish’s portrait, reading, in her lovely script: “To Mr. Overbaugh, with love and memories of Italy. Sincerely, Lillian Gish”. The image, itself, measures approximately 7 3/4 inches by 11 1/2 inches and has been recently rematted and framed to an overall 14 3/4 inches by 19 3/4 inches, in a manner befitting the elegance of the subject and vintage time period. Fine condition. Miss Gish’s portrait shows her as the beautiful Romola in the title role from the classic 1924 film based on the novel by George Eliot, directed by Henry King, and co-starring her sister Dorothy Gish, William Powell, and Ronald Colman Charles Albin made a name for himself as an important portrait photographer of popular entertainers of the day. In its 1925 25th anniversary issue, Theatre Magazine named him one of the 10 most influential theater photographers since 1900. The entertainer who had the most impact on his professional life was Lillian Gish, a frequent client, who convinced Albin to come with her to Italy to do the stills for Romola. Albin is also credited with the discovery of actress Mary Astor. Image available on request. (Inventory #: 22586E)