Janet Gaynor SIGNED 4x8 Book Photo in very good condition. (see photos)
She moved to Los Angeles shortly after graduation, supporting herself
through odd jobs while appearing as an extra in small pictures. This led
her to some bit parts for director Hal Roach in comedy shorts and a
later, in a larger two-reel western. Signed to a contract by Fox Movie
Studios, she had her first important role in "The Johnstown Flood"
(1926). She soon went on to appear in two successful films, F. W.
Murnau's expressionist masterpiece "Sunrise" and Frank Borzage's hit
"Seventh Heaven" (both 1927), as a result, within a year she was Fox's
biggest star. At the first Academy Awards ceremony held at the Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel ballroom, she won the very first "Best Actress" Oscar
for her work in several films in 1927-28. Considered to have a charming,
sweet and gentle voice that was ideally suited to early talkies, she
made the transition to the sound era without a problem. Paired with
romantic idol Charles Farrell, their popularity as a team was
acknowledged when they were called "America's Favorite Lovebirds." She
was honored at 14th ceremony at Graumans Chinese Theater on May 29,
1929 when she was asked to put her hand and footprints in cement in the
forecourt. Janet Gaynor was Hollywood's top box-office attraction in the
early 1930s. In her most famous role she played ‘Esther Victoria
Blodgett’ in "A Star is Born" (1937), where she echoed her own struggle
to become a movie star in the film. She retired from the screen 2 years
later in 1939, about the time she married Hollywood's most famous
costume designer, Adrian, and much of her later years were spent in
Brazil at their ranch. Adrian died in 1959 and she married producer Paul
Gregory in 1964. She also took up painting, and in 1976 her works were
exhibited in a New York gallery. In the early 1980s she was riding in a
taxicab in San Francisco with her friend, actress Mary Martin and Ms.
Martin's assistant Ben Washer, when a car driven by an drunk driver
plowed into them at the intersection of Franklin and California Streets.
Mr. Washer was killed, and Janet and Mary were seriously injured. Mary
recovered, but Janet later died in September 1984 in Palm Springs from
Pneumonia and injuries she never recovered from. She was buried next to
her first husband, Adrian.
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