Beautiful vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 portrait photo of Theda Bara by the Hoover Art Co. of Los Angeles, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “A – Grace Kingsley, Avec mes amities, Theda Bara, 1918.” The lower right corner bears the studio blindstamp. In very good to fine condition, with silvering to the dark areas of the image, heaviest to the background.
Grace Kingsley (1873–1962) was the first motion-picture editor and columnist of the Los Angeles Times, beginning the position in 1914 and ending when she retired in 1933. After leaving full-time employment, she continued to write movie reviews and features until she was 80. Her tenure as a film reporter included covering motion pictures' transition from silent film to ‘talkies’ and introducing famous figures like Gary Cooper to the Hollywood scene.
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