Sale 591: Rare Americana & Travel, with Books & Maps from the Warren Heckrotte Collection (#591) 07/28/2016 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Actor George O'Brien visits Brazil  

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$300 - $500

Title:
Photo album of a trip to Brazil by American actor George O'Brien

Author:
O'Brien, George

Place:
Brazil

Publisher:

Date:
1940s

Description:

More than 200 photographs, a mix of commercial images and original snapshots, some featuring actor George O'Brien. Tipped to the pages of a period photo album, full calf covers. Overall 30x43 cm (11¾x17").

Several of the photographs at the rear of the album include O'Brien in the image. George O'Brien (1899–1985) was an American actor, popular during the silent film era and into the talkie era of the 1930s, best known today as the lead actor in F. W. Murnau's 1927 film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. Many views of Brazil's cities and Amazon wilderness, including indigenous peoples.


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Condition:
Album lightly scuffed; very good.


 
Item number:
272626a
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