Alice White Production Still ca. 1920s Found with Animated Character Drawing on the Back

Alice White Production Still ca. 1920s Found with Animated Character Drawing on the Back

Potentially a Buried Treasure, a Priceless Collectible! Who Is This and Who Is DickF?

HOLLYWOOD, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Super Auctions has today announced their finding of an Alice White production still photograph with what appears to be a highly collectible animated character drawn on the reverse side of the picture.

Alice White was once a secretary and script girl until Charlie Chaplin decided to place her in front of the camera in the 1920s. Several years after her passing some of her personal effects had been generously donated to the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. Since this time, the Museum has closed and all items have been in storage until the services of Super Auctions were obtained in an effort to help their foundation, Hollywood Media Arts Academy.

Melissa Storment, VP of Super Auctions, had been sorting through the collection of Ms. White's photographs when it was found. She stated, "I was carefully removing pictures from sheet protectors and that's when I saw it; there was no doubt in my mind who the character was." Under the drawing it is signed "To Dabby By DickF." Preliminary research has found that DickF could potentially be Dick French, a mainly uncredited actor between the late 20s-40s who had appeared with her in the 1933 film Jimmy the Gent, although this film has since been ruled out. It could potentially be Dick French who Will Eisner, Icon from the "Golden Age of Comics," credits with assisting on The Spirit or it could be neither of them. "A few things are very clear, the time frames are consistent, the picture is very old and the drawing appears to be authentic. If this is true, if this is from the late '20s/early '30s then there is not too much more to say other than this has been a buried treasure for many years that has just been discovered."

"We are attempting to have the item authenticated by a reputable source and the last update that we have received was that the item has been given to the Master Curator," said Storment. Until then, they are conducting a $100 drawing at the conclusion of their May 15 auction for all submissions received from the Public Poll on their website. "We have just begun the Poll and as of today every entry submitted has stated the same character name with the exception of one, although this one character name was from the same film."

In addition to the above, many unique and valuable items from Hollywood's "Golden Age" will be sold in the upcoming auction, including, but not limited to, Original Autographed Negatives of Theda Bara from 1915, Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers, Joan Crawford and more. To learn more about the auction, please visit http://www.superauctions.com/.

Contact:

Melissa Storment, Vice-President
(714) 318-7656
Melissa@superauctions.com

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Source: Super Auctions

CONTACT: Melissa Storment, Vice-President, Super Auctions,
+1-714-318-7656, Melissa@superauctions.com

Web Site: http://www.superauctions.com/

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