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(Gable, Clark). Harris, Martin - A Beautiful Original Photograph of Clark Gable Seated at a Restaurant's Window Table

Title: A Beautiful Original Photograph of Clark Gable Seated at a Restaurant's Window Table
Description: Circa 1955. 1955. Circa 1955. 1955. Fine. - sc A 14 inch high by 11 inch wide black & white photograph of Clark Gable seated at a window table in a restaurant. Pictured in profile in a checkered blazer over white shirt and tie, his right elbow resting on the back of the neighboring chair and left elbow resting on the table, the actor looks across the remains of a meal at his unseen companion. A Volkswagon Beetle and a bus or trolley in front of peaked roof brownstone houses are viewed through the large windows. This is one of a very few prints pulled from the original negative in the 1990's and offered for sale at a special fund-raising event. Fine.

Life magazine photographer Martin Harris evocatively captures Gable's suave presence.

The photographer Martin Harris (1908-1971) worked for "Stars and Stripes" during the second World War. He later worked for "Look", "Life", "Colliers", and "The Saturday Evening Post" among other periodicals. Two of his photographs were selected as covers for "Life" magazine during his time with that periodical. Fine .

Keywords: MOVIES; FILM; ACTOR; STAR; CLARK GABLE; PORTRAIT; PHOTOGRAPH; STAGE; SCREEN; CINEMA; MARTIN HARRIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; YOUNG; LIFE MAGAZINE; TWENTIETH-CENTURY; HOLLYWOOD; 20TH CENTURY; GOLDEN AGE; RESTAURANT; WINDOW.

Price: US$ 150.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 27124

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