The Veils of Bagdad

Universal City: Universal-International, 1953. Vintage publicity studio still photograph from the 1953 film, showing actress Mari Blanchard wielding two feather dusters while dancing in a revealing two-piece ensemble. Newspaper clipping and provenance stamps on the verso.

A representative of the Ottoman Empire is sent to prevent a political leader from executing a plan to overthrow the emperor.

From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s.

8 x 10 inches. Good, wavy along the top edge, with adhesive residue and layout annotations on the recto.

[Book #164733]