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Auction History Result 2h830 MARION MARTIN 3 7.5x9.25 stills '30s Broadway's most beautiful blonde by Ray Jones! Date Sold 11/1/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 3 Original Vintage Theatrical 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" [19 x 23 cm] Movie Stills (Learn More) Marion Martin was born Marion Suplee in 1909 and was the daughter of a well-to-do Bethlehem Steel executive and reared in Main Line society. She attended exclusive schools until her family went broke in the 1929 stock market crash. Forced to work, she became a chorus girl in one of Earl Carroll's New York stage revues. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr saw her there, and she was the last of the girls he personally selected to be a "Ziegfeld Girl", and he called her "the world's most beautiful woman". She replaced Gypsy Rose Lee in his Follies of 1933 wearing little but "a feather and some beads", After a few other Broadway appearances, she was signed by Universal in 1938 and became Marion (sometimes Marian) Martin. She was noticed in Sinners in Paradise, but more for her body than her acting talents! She soon solely played strippers, chorus girls or golddiggers. She mostly appeared in B-movies, including comedies and film noirs, making 95 in all. She retired in 1951, having married well, and was active in many charitable causes. She passed away in 1985 at the age of 77. Important Added Info: Note that these stills are stamped on the back "Photo by Ray Jones - Universal Pictures"! They are also stamped "Return to Library - Photoplay Magazine"! Note also that these stills have been trimmed and now measure 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" [19 x 23 cm]. Condition: good to very good. Each has been trimmed around the edges. There are some punch holes in one edge of the stills. They are either keybook stills, or someone could have just put those punch holes there. They have been repaired with tape from the back. Learn More about condition grades 
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