FRED KOHLER 1927 PARAMOUNT PHOTOGRAVURE PORTRAIT

Original 1927 8 7/8 inch x 6 7/8 inch Paramount Photogravure Portrait of FRED KOHLER (1887 - 1938).

In his mid-twenties Kohler moved to California and found roles in silent films, mainly as a villain, by virtue of his imposing size and his fearsome features, typically and most memorably in “The Iron Horse” (1924). He worked primarily in Westerns, but films of all sorts benefitted from his skill at screen nastiness. In a series of silent Paramount Westerns based on Zane Grey novels, Kohler not only played the heavy, but also repeated some of the roles when these films were remade as talkies a decade later. His career lasted without let-up until his sudden death from a heart attack at 50 in 1938.

The overall print size is 12 1/4 inch x 8 1/2 inch.

The portrait is in very good condition with minor foxing visible in the bottom border.