Ginger Rogers - "Broadway Ingenue" by HERBERT MITCHELL (1930) Size:24x30 Natural color portrait of Ruth

Natural color portrait of Ruth Hussey as restored from the vintage original 1949 tri-color (carbro) camera separation negatives

Dazzling Joan Bennett in a 1939 glamour sitting by photographer Ray Jones

Handsome silent film idol Ramon Novarro as featured in the 1925 historical epic BEN HUR: A TALE OF CHRIST

the actress died in Beverly Hills at the age of 81 in June of 2011

and the enduring magic of classic Hollywood cinema

Ginger Rogers - "Broadway Ingenue" by HERBERT MITCHELL (1930) Size:24x30 Natural color portrait of RuthThis exquisite early portrait of Ginger Rogers, captured in 1930 by celebrated photographer Herbert Mitchell, offers a rare glimpse of the actress at the dawn of her Broadway career. Framed in a medium close up, Rogers natural brunette hair is styled in the soft, sculpted marcel waves characteristic of the period, lending her a refined, timeless elegance. She wears a delicate dress, its sheer sleeves and glittering embroidered front catching the light