Original portrait photograph of Sam Jaffe, circa 1960s

N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Vintage portrait photograph of actor Sam Jaffe, circa 1960s. Annotation in manuscript ink on the verso.

Jaffe, who was born in the Lower East Side in New York, became a well-known character actor on the strength of his performance in Josef von Sternberg's "The Scarlet Empress" (1934). He would go on to work with a number of prominent Hollywood directors, most notably in "Gunga Din" (1939), "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950, for which he would be nominated for an Academy Award), and "Ben-Hur" (1959).

8 x 11 inches. Layout annotations in manuscript ink on the right margin of the recto, else Near Fine.

[Book #167831]