Sally Eilers in I. Magnin Summer Play Suit Original 1937 Leggy Pin-Up Photograph

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ITEM: This is a 1937 vintage and original Universal Pictures publicity photograph of actress Sally Eilers. The pretty screen star takes a break from filming to enjoy a sunny summer day in an I. Magnin play suit. Eilers shows off the finer details of the suit by posing on a railing edge with her feet resting on a sun chair out on a sandy beach. This beautiful fashion still of Eilers was also used to publicize her role in the 1937 comedy mystery film, "We Have Our Moments." The press snipe on verso reads:
The most distinctive play suit of the season is one the pictured here worn by Sally Eilers, now appearing in Universal's "We Have Our Moments". Fashioned of a new silk and wool material in a natural shade, it has a severe high neckline with three button fastenings on each shoulder; short sleeves and the large patch pockets give detail to the blouse. The clever treatment of the button openings down each side give ample freedom and at times uncover a pair of brief shorts of matching material. The only contrast of color is a wide red leather belt and red pompom on the knit beret. The fishnet sandals are not only very cool but comfortable. From I. Magnin.
Photograph measures 8" x 10" on a glossy single weight paper stock with typed studio text on verso.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
More about Sally Eilers:
Sally Eilers enjoyed lunch with a classmate from drama school, Jane Peters (who would later become known as Carole Lombard), at the Sennett Studios cafeteria. There she was spotted by Mack Sennett and instantly became one of his "discoveries". Having already appeared in several bit parts, beginning with The Red Mill (1927) in 1927, she was offered a role in The Good-Bye Kiss (1928), a rare dramatic feature for the studio. Either Sennett or Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (depending on which version of the story is to be believed) tagged Sally with the publicity line "the most beautiful girl in movies".
The vivacious former brunette (quickly transformed by Hollywood into a blonde) spent her apprenticeship as a leading actress co-starring in westerns with her future husband Hoot Gibson and with Buster Keaton in Doughboys (1930). In 1931 director Frank Borzage cast her (instead of established star Janet Gaynor) in the depression-era film Bad Girl (1931). What could have been maudlin melodrama was enlivened by excellent direction and some snappy dialogue (winning Academy Awards for both direction and screenplay) and elicited from Sally in the title role (as "Dot Haley") the best performance of her career. There were to be other films of note: Reducing (1931) with Marie Dressler, the original State Fair (1933) with Will Rogers (with Sally playing a "carny") and Sailor's Luck (1933), with her Bad Girl (1931) co-star James Dunn, in which a reviewer described her performance as "highly satisfactory".
Alas, most of her subsequent parts were in lesser features and she never made the grade as a top star. Sally continued to act in films, eventually reduced to supporting roles, until the late 1940s. She was married four times.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis