overall: 2 5/8 in x 1 7/16 in; 6.6675 cm x 3.65125 cm
Object Name:
card
collectible card
Place made:
United Kingdom: England, London
Date made:
1934
Description:
<p>Hand-colored cinema card for actress Lois Moran with a short biography on the back. American actress Lois Moran was born Lois Darlington Dowling on 1 March 1909 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. She was originally trained in dance, but she began acting in Paris. Moran is best known for her role as Laurel Dallas, the daughter of Stella Dallas in the 1925 film of the same name. She also appeared in a few of the early musical talkies including: <i>Words and Music</i> (1929), <i>A Song of Kentucky</i> (1929), and <i>Mammy</i> (1930) with Al Jolson. In 1931, Moran turned to Broadway, performing in <i>Of Thee is Sing</i> and <i>Let Them Eat Cake</i>. Moran had a brief affair with author F. Scott Fitzgerald, who based the character Rosemary Hoyt on Moran for his 1934 novel <i>Tender is the Night</i>. In 1935, she retired from acting and married Secretary of Commerce Clarence M. Young. Moran eventually moved with her husband to Arizona where she wrote a weekly news column. She died on 13 July 1990 at the age of 81.</p>
<p>This card belongs to a set titled "Cinema Stars: A Series of 30 Hand Coloured Pictures" which features popular film actresses from the 1930s. Collectible cards like this were very popular during the 1920s and 1930s, and they were distributed by various brands in both tobacco and food products. In the 1920s, Cavanders Ltd. also released the following sets of cards: "Beauty Spots of Great Britain," "Foreign Birds," and "River Valleys."</p>
