Sold For $5,000
Marvelous set of three vintage matte-finish photos of actress Jean Harlow, all of which are signed and inscribed in fountain pen to Edith Hubner, one of Harlow’s MGM hairdressers. The photos include: a 9.5 x 7.5 photo of Harlow next to Hubner on the set of the 1936 film Riffraff, “To My Darling Darling Eadie – With a Heart full of Love – Jean”; a 3 x 5 postcard photo from circa 1934, depicting Harlow smiling with her Pomeranian, Oscar, “Eadie – Here I am – a Dame that loves you Blonde – Jean”; and an irregularly trimmed 3.5 x 5.25 postcard photo from circa 1934, showing Harlow hugging her mother, Jean Bello, “To Edith – With my Biggest and Bestest Love – I can never thank you enough for your sweetness to me – Lovingly, Jean.” The large photo is in very fine condition; the smaller photos are very good to fine, with irregular trimming, small creases, and flecks of emulsion loss (one of which affects Harlow's eye in the solo photo).
Edith Hubner was one of Jean’s MGM hairdressers, whom Harlow referred to as ‘my little mommie.’ Hubner was a member of ‘Harlow’s Gang,’ which was comprised of Edith, friend and stand-in Bobbe Brown, maid Blanche Williams, and make-up artist Violet Denoyer. Hubner is referenced and pictured in all three major books published about Jean: Bombshell by David Stenn, Harlow in Hollywood by Darrell Rooney and Mark Vieira, and Platinum Girl by Eve Golden.
