Cat. #0041611: HEATHER THATCHER

Scarce vintage 3.5 x 5.5-inch sepia-tone postcard portrait, dating to the early 1930s, boldly signed in black fountain pen, also adding the name of her dog, Binkie.  In good condition, with a minute tear to the upper left-hand border, gentle diagonal creases in all four corners, where the photo was removed from mounts, and ink and pencil notations on the verso.  Thatcher began her career as a dancer, noted for her controversial Egyptian harem dance, during which she wore what the press dubbed "the boldest costume ever worn in England".  She went on to a career in English music halls and theater before entering film in the silent era.  Her presence in talkies was an unforgettable one:  She specialized in playing upper-class, off-beat schemers, gossips, bad girls, and bitches, in films like The Private Life of Don Juan (1934), If I Were King (1938), Beau Geste (1939), Man Hunt (1941), and The Moon and Sixpence (1942)-- always dazzlingly clad, with impeccable diction.  She is remembered b