ALLAN JONES PHOTOGRAPH

Youthful Head Shot

sporting a bow tie

 

8" x 10", single weight, glossy;

1942, Universal Pictures

Signed and inscribed in blue fountain pen ink:

"Sincerely Allan Jones"

Condition: very good

 

Allan Jones was an American actor and tenor who starred in many film musicals during the 1930s and 1940s. 

Best-known of these were Show Boat (1936), The Firefly (1937) in which he sang "Donkey Serenade" which

became a signature song throughout his career. Today he is remembered as the romantic straight man to the

Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races. He and actress Irene Hervey were married 

from 1936 to 1957; their son is pop singer Jack Jones. 

Born: 1907, Old Forge, Pennsylvania; died: 1992,  New York City, New York.