PENRHYN STANLAWS (1877 – 1957) Vintage deals Press Still LASKY Players Director Paramount Studios c1921
A vintage UK PRESS STILL c1920/1921 featuring PENRHYN STANLAWS (1877 – 1957) at LASKY STUDIO.
Born in Scotland, he was a cover artist and silent film director. Sydney Adamson, who also became an illustrator, was his older brother. A successful cover artist, he picked Anna Q. Nilsson to become one of his models. He selected female models who toured by automobile to promote Liberty Loans. He organized a syndicate to build the Hotel des Artistes at 1 West 67th with a large penthouse studio. He also planned a resort in Port Washington on Long Island but it was never built. Stanlaws' art could be found on several magazine covers throughout the 1910's and 20's, including the 'Saturday Evening Post', 'The American Magazine', 'Collier's', 'Life', 'Judge', 'The Metropolitan Magazine' and 'Hearst's International'. He was best known for cover-art depicting beautiful women. His "Stanlaws' Girl" rivaled the "Gibson Girl". In 1915, tragic early star Olive Thomas was another of Stanlaws' subjects in the
famed nude "Between Poses". Other early stars who posed for him inclded Mabel Normand and Florence LaBadie. Stanlaws moved to California to direct a few films in the early 1920's. Filmography as a director: "The House That Jazz Built" (1921), "At the End of the World" (1921), "The Little Minister" (1921), "Singed Wings" (1922), "The Law and the Woman" (1922) and "Pink Gods" (1922).
CONDITION: Very good for about 100 years old. Corner knocks. Creases. Ideal for collecting / framing.
UK ANTIQUE PRESS STILL
Has typed and hand written press info to reverse.
Photo measures 8in x 10in approx. (Gau/Gai33)
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