Original publicity photograph of Barbara Kent in 1929

Universal City: Universal Studios, 1929. Vintage publicity photograph of Canadian-American actress Barbara Kent, showing her moving an oversized clock hand towards midnight for New Year's Eve. Mimeo snipe and stamp of photographer Ray Jones on the verso.

Kent signed with Universal in 1925, and appeared in comic roles throughout the late 1920s and early 1930s.

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. Very Good plus.

[Book #165668]