Cat. #0015982313: VERONICA LAKE

Highly rare vintage magazine portrait, measuring about 7x9 inches, trimmed by its original owner from a 1948 movie magazine, boldly signed in-person near her New York City home with her name alone in black ballpoint pen in the early 1970s, not long before her death. In good condition, with a few minor surface crinkles, and beautiful for framing and display. Gorgeous leading lady, singer and pin-up started out in bit roles in forgettable films of the late 1930s and early 1940s, billed as Constance Keane. In 1941, she landed a speaking role in I Wanted Wings, for which Paramount changed her name to Veronica Lake and contrived her trademark peekaboo hairdo. Audiences adored everything about her-- her acting, her smoky voice, her unique style-- and a star was born. She went on to star in Hold Back the Dawn (1941), Sullivan's Travels (1941), This Gun for Hire (1942), the horror-themed comedy I Married a Witch (1942), The Glass Key (1942), So Proudly We Hail! (1943), and The Blue Dahlia (194