MADNESS OF THE HEART 1949 MAXWELL REED George Cannons Flora Sandstrom PORTRAIT

Original 9 1/2 inch x 7 1/4 inch Portrait of MAXWELL REED in the 1949 Charles Bennett Romance MADNESS OF THE HEART, based on the novel by Flora Sandstrom.

Text on reverse: MAXWELL REED talented young contract artiste for the J. Arthur Rank Organisation, who is rapidly creating a considerable fan-following for himself with his virile characterisations, plays Joseph, the chauffer-groom in MADNESS OF THE HEART.
MADNESS OF THE HEART starring MARGARET LOCKWOOD with PAUL DUPUIS, KATHLEEN BYRON, MAXWELL REED and THORA HIRD is a Two Cities screen version of Flora Sandstrom’s successful novel. It is produced by Richard Wainwright and directed by Charles Bennett who also wrote the screenplay.
Still by George Cannons

Portrait by George Cannons. Cannons entered the film industry in 1922, raking over the Still Photography Concession with Mack Sennett Comedies in Hollywood. He returned to England in 1933 and opened a studio in Dover Street, London. He re-entered films with Gainsborough in 1941.

The portrait is in very good condition with minor surface marks.