Ginger Rogers - "Broadway Ingenue" by HERBERT MITCHELL (1930) Size:24x30 Natural color portrait of Ilona

Natural color portrait of Ilona Massey as restored from the vintage original 1940 tri-color (carbro) camera separation negatives

the actress died in Beverly Hills at the age of 81 in June of 2011

Handsome silent film idol Ramon Novarro as featured in the 1925 historical epic BEN HUR: A TALE OF CHRIST

America’s sweetheart Mary Pickford in a 1915 sitting by photographer Fred Hartsook

and lemon-striped peonies that lend a soft

Ginger Rogers - "Broadway Ingenue" by HERBERT MITCHELL (1930) Size:24x30 Natural color portrait of IlonaThis exquisite early portrait of Ginger Rogers, captured in 1930 by celebrated photographer Herbert Mitchell, offers a rare glimpse of the actress at the dawn of her Broadway career. Framed in a medium close up, Rogers natural brunette hair is styled in the soft, sculpted marcel waves characteristic of the period, lending her a refined, timeless elegance. She wears a delicate dress, its sheer sleeves and glittering embroidered front catching the light