Geraldine Farrar Extremely Rare Very Early Oversize 10/13 Photo 1910s

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Here is an extremely rare very early vintage original oversize 10" by 13 1/2" photo of opera singer and actress Geraldine Farrar (1896-1974), from her prime, in the late 1910s.
Geraldine Farrar sang with the Metropolitan Opera from 1906 to 1922. Her chief roles included Carmen, Madame Butterfly, Manon, Mignon and Tosca. Farrar, known for her beauty and her acting talent as well as her fine soprano voice, had a large following of female fans, called Gerry-flappers. She appeared in several silent films. Cecil B. DeMille cast her as Joan of Arc in Joan the Woman (1916), the first film to use color scenes. Small tear, lower border. Extremely rare, especially oversize.
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Filmography:
1920The Riddle: Woman
Lilla Gravert
1920The Woman and the Puppet
Concha Perez
1919Flame of the Desert
Lady Isabelle Channing
1919The World and Its Woman
Marcia Warren
1919The Stronger Vow
Dolores de Cordova
1919Shadows
Muriel Barnes / Cora Lamont
1918The Hell Cat
Pancha O'Brien
1918The Bonds That Tie (Short)
Miss Columbia
1918The Turn of the Wheel
Rosalie Dean
1917The Devil-Stone
Marcia Manot
1917The Woman God Forgot
Tecza (daughter of Montezuma)
1916Joan the Woman
Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)
1916Maria Rosa
Maria Rosa
1915Temptation
Renee Dupree
1915/ICarmen
Carmen
Famed singer and author Geraldine Farrar was educated in public schools and then became a music student of Mrs. J.H. Long, Trabadello, Emma Thursby, Lilli Lehman and Graziani. Her 1901 debut was at the Royal Opera House in Berlin, in the role of Marguerite in "Faust". From 1906-22 she was a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. During World War II she was active in the Red Cross and the AWVS, and also made many lecture tours. She wrote two autobiographies. Joining ASCAP in 1936, her songwriting credits include "Ecstasy of Spring", "Here Beauty Dwells", "The Tryst", "The Alder Tree", "The Mirage", "Oh, Thou Field of Waving Corn", "Morning", "The Fountain", "The Dream", and "Love Comes and Goes" (all based on the music of Sergei Rachmaninoff), "The Whole World Knows", "Dear Homeland", "Fair Rosemarin" (all based on Fritz Kreisler themes")