MINNA GOMBELL Original RAY JONES PORTRAIT

Original Fox 9 3/4 inch x 7 3/4 inch Black and White Portrait of MINNA GOMBELL

Born in Baltimore in 1892, Minna Gombell had a very successful stage career as Winifred Lee, from 1912 before being signed by the Fox Film Corporation in the late 1920s. Her first film was Doctor's Wives (1931) in which she played under the name Nancy Gardner, a name given to her by Fox. After this, she spent a time coaching several young actresses before returning to film under her real name.
She appeared in some fifty Hollywood films including; Laurel and Hardy's Block-Heads, The Merry Widow, The First Year, Boom Town, High Sierra, Hoop-La, The Thin Man, and The Best Years of Our Lives.
Ray Jones began taking stills at Universal in 1922 and stayed there till 1933 when he moved to Fox to head their stills department and in 1934 took over the portrait gallery from Otto Dyar. After freelancing for a year he went back to Universal to head their portrait gallery.

Portrait by Hollywood Photographer Ray Jones.

The portrait, on doubleweight paper, is in very good condition.