The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (Original portrait photograph of Gary Cooper by photographer Ray Jones from the 1935 film)

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1935. Vintage portrait photograph of Gary Cooper, dressed in the regalia of an Afridi tribesman, by photographer Ray Jones from the 1935 film. Photograph with a mimeo snipe and a studio stamp crediting photographer Jones on the verso.

From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s.

Loosely based on the 1930 autobiography of British soldier Francis Yeats-Brown. (truncated) A group of British cavalrymen and officers in India desperately try to defend their stronghold against rebellious natives during the British Raj.

Shot on location in California.

8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. (Inventory #: 165907)