Here is a beautiful very rare very early vintage original 7" by 9" photo of actress Marion Shilling from her prime in the 1930s, from 1931, hand signed in fountain pen. I believe it to be her autograph, but am listing as secretarial since there are so few examples her autograph from this time. Creamy-complexioned brunette Marion Shilling was a beauty inclined to be overlooked when recalling those fairly well-known "B" leading ladies of the 1930s. Born in 1910, the Denver-born actress started her career promisingly enough with a featured role in MGM's Wise Girls (1929). From there she moved to lead and second lead status opposite William Powell in Shadow of the Law (1930) and Constance Bennett in The Common Law (1931). Among others, she appeared top billed in what would be considered "women's pictures" such as Forgotten Women (1931) and Shop Angel (1932). Although Marion was a charming addition to any film, her career began to wane within a few years, however, and she soon was relegated to love interest roles in poverty-row pictures. Westerns became her particular genre, with "prairie flower" roles opposite Buck Jones in the serial The Red Rider (1934) and Stone of Silver Creek (1935), Tim McCoy in The Westerner (1934) and Rex Bell in Idaho Kid (1936), among others. She retired from films at age 25 after co-starring with Hoot Gibson and Rex Lease in the oater Cavalcade of the West (1936). The following year she married a real estate mogul, a union that would last over 50 years. Little heard from over the years, Marion received a Golden Boot Award in 2002 from the Motion Picture and Television Fund for her contributions to the western genre. She died at age 93 of natural causes in Torrance, California. Minor corner and edge wear. Very rare.
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Hoot Gibson and Rex Lease in Cavalcade of the West (1936)
Cavalcade of the West
5.2
Mary Christman
1936
Fred Scott and White King in Romance Rides the Range (1936)
Romance Rides the Range
5.6
Carol Marland
1936
Rex Bell, Ed Carey, Charles King, and David Sharpe in Idaho Kid (1936)
Idaho Kid
6.2
Ruth Endicott
1936
Jack Mulhall in The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
5.3
Verna Gironda
1936
Ralph Forbes and Marion Shilling in I'll Name the Murderer (1936)
I'll Name the Murderer
5.2
Smitty
1936
Art Dillard, Gordon Griffith, Marion Shilling, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, and Frank Yaconelli in Gun Play (1935)
Gun Play
5.2
Madge Holt
1935
Jimmy Aubrey, Tom London, Eddie Gribbon, and Tom Tyler in Rio Rattler (1935)
Rio Rattler
6.1
Mary Adams
1935
Betty Furness and Neil Hamilton in The Keeper of the Bees (1935)
The Keeper of the Bees
6.5
Louise
1935
Captured in Chinatown (1935)
Captured in Chinatown
5.0
Ann Parker
1935
Lloyd Hughes and Lois Wilson in Society Fever (1935)
Society Fever
6.0
Victoria Vandergriff
1935
Gene Alsace, Bud McClure, Bud Osborne, Bill Patton, and Roger Williams in Gun Smoke (1935)
Gun Smoke
6.3
Jean Culverson (as Marian Shilling)
1935
Stone of Silver Creek (1935)
Stone of Silver Creek
6.2
Martha Mason
1935
Blazing Guns (1935)
Blazing Guns
5.1
Betty Lou Rickard (as Marian Shilling)
1935
Charles Starrett in A Shot in the Dark (1935)
A Shot in the Dark
5.3
Jean Coates
1935
Tim McCoy and Marion Shilling in The Westerner (1934)
The Westerner
6.5
Juanita Barnes
1934
Claire Trevor in Elinor Norton (1934)
Elinor Norton
5.8
Publisher's Staff (uncredited)
1934
Marion Shilling and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in Thunder Over Texas (1934)
Thunder Over Texas
5.1
Helen Mason
1934
Rex Lease in Inside Information (1934)
Inside Information
5.6
Anne Seton
1934
Buck Jones in The Red Rider (1934)
The Red Rider
6.8
Marie Maxwell
1934
Steve Pendleton, Captain the Police Dog, and Lady the Police Dog in Fighting to Live (1934)
Fighting to Live
5.0
Mary Carson
1934
Paul Cavanagh in Curtain at Eight (1933)
Curtain at Eight
5.6
Anice Cresmer
1933
Lloyd Hughes and George J. Lewis in The Heart Punch (1932)
The Heart Punch
5.5
Kitty Doyle
1932
Lew Cody, Gilbert Roland, and Marion Shilling in A Parisian Romance (1932)
A Parisian Romance
5.6
Claudette
1932
Niagara Falls (1932)
Niagara Falls
Short
1932
Hoot Gibson in A Man's Land (1932)
A Man's Land
5.9
Peggy Turner
1932
Gigolettes (1932)
Gigolettes
5.7
Short
Marion
1932
Rule 'Em and Weep
Short
Ramona
1932
The County Fair (1932)
The County Fair
Alice Ainsworth
1932
Shop Angel
Dorothy Hayes
1932
Only Men Wanted
Short
1932
Easy to Get (1931)
Easy to Get
Short
Marion
1931
Forgotten Women (1931)
Forgotten Women
5.0
Patricia Young
1931
Take 'em and Shake 'em
Short
1931
Tom Keene and Marion Shilling in Sundown Trail (1931)
Sundown Trail
5.5
Dorothy 'Dottie' Beals
1931
June First
Short
Marion
1931
Constance Bennett in The Common Law (1931)
The Common Law
5.9
Stephanie Brown
1931
Jackie Cooper and Richard Dix in Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
Young Donovan's Kid
5.4
Kitty Costello
1931
Lissy Arna, William Boyd, and James Gleason in Beyond Victory (1931)
Beyond Victory
5.8
Ina
1931
Irene Rich in On Your Back (1930)
On Your Back
5.0
Jeanne Burke
1930
William Powell in Shadow of the Law (1930)
Shadow of the Law
6.3
Edith Wentworth
1930
The Swellhead (1930)
The Swellhead
Mamie Judd
1930
Charles Kaley and Ethelind Terry in Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
Lord Byron of Broadway
5.2
Nancy
1930
Norma Lee, Elliott Nugent, and Roland Young in Wise Girls (1929)
Wise Girls
5.3
Ruth Bence
1929