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Auction History Result 8m134 ALICE BRADY glass slide '10s wonderful portrait, see the pretty star in her newest & best! Date Sold 7/5/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Glass Slide (measures 3 1/4" x 4" [8 x 10 cm]) (Learn More) Alice Brady was an actress from the 1910s to the 1930s. She started acting in 1914 at the age of 22, and was a successful silent actress (a star with first Select Pictures, and then switching to Realart Pictures in 1920), and she was one of the very few to successfully make the transition to sound, playing character roles in the 1930s. But very sadly, she developed cancer in 1939 and passed away, and she was just 46. Some of her movies include: My Man Godfrey (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), In Old Chicago (winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), and Young Mr. Lincoln. Note that Miss Brady is the subject of one of the most unusual pieces of Oscar trivia ever, but the Motion Picture Academy reasonably downplays it (because it is embarrassing), so few have heard of it. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at the 1938 ceremony, but she was unable to attend due to a broken ankle. When they announced her award, a man stood up and "accepted it for her", and later, she called the Academy and asked what they had done with her Oscar, and it turned out the man was an impostor, and had hijacked her Oscar! Back then, they had no procedure for replacing Oscars, and she passed away in 1939 at the age of 46, never receiving it. What a sad story! Important Added Info: Note that glass slides were designed to be put in a special projector that would project the image onto a movie screen (they use exactly the same concept as 35mm slides). This slide is the kind that has two panes of glass that are taped together with black tape around all four edges (front and back), typical of many older glass slides. We have provided a high quality scan of the image, but we have not taken a photo of the slide, because there would really be very little to see! Condition: good to very good. A tiny bit of the black tape is missing and there are some faint smudges and a few very tiny scratches on the glass. Learn More about condition grades 
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