Ideal vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Holiday as Endie in the 1947 film New Orleans, neatly signed in black ink, “Sincerely, Billie Holiday.” Reverse bears a film caption and an ownership stamp. In fine condition, with scattered small light creases. In her only featured film role, Holiday starred as a singing maid in New Orleans, and acted alongside legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. The original script was intended to focus on Holiday and Armstrong as jazz artists who leave the south to seek their musical fortunes elsewhere, but was later changed to center on white characters, a move that designed to attract a wider box office. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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