Bordoni, Irene - 1941 Signed Album Page w/ 1929 "Elmer Fryer" Trimmed Still (d.1953)
2 ½ x 4 ¼ Signed pink album page, from early film & stage actress Irene Bordoni. She has added the date of 1941 beneath her signature. Small color tinted press photo beneath her autograph.
Comes with an original 1929 trimmed Elmer Fryer photo. Approximately 6 ¾ x 9. Paper advertising blurb attached on verso for a 1929 upcoming radio show. Will display nicely.
Bio: Irène Bordoni (16 January 1885 – 19 March 1953) was a Franco-American actress and singer.
Noted for her seductive brown eyes and coquettish personality, Irène Bordoni is probably best remembered from musical theatre as the star of the 1928 Cole Porter musical Paris that featured the song "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" which became Porter's first big success. Bordoni recorded and sang many times live and on radio Cole Porter's song "Let's Misbehave" with Irving Aaronson and His Commanders dance band.
Throughout her Broadway career, Bordoni was renowned for wearing only the most stylish of clothes, including costumes by Erté. During this time, Bordoni appeared in Lucky Strike cigarette advertisements with the quip "I smoke a Lucky to keep petite," which was said to have contributed to the tremendous increase in women's smoking in the 1920s. Bordoni wore her hair with trademark bangs, which she helped to popularize; indeed her 'look' was successfully emulated not only by her admirers but also by late 1920s budding Broadway starlet Claudette Colbert.