RARE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH by Bert Six of the American Actress and Soprano KATHRYN GRAYSON as the "BUDDY POPPY GIRL" for Veterans of Foreign Wars SIGNED by KATHRYN GRAYSON.
1953Best.-Nr. 101470Bert Six 1953. 1953. Good. - An original 10 inch high by 8-1/8 inch wide black & white photograph by Bert Six portraying the American movie actress Kathryn Grayson from the hips up attired in a white patterned high necked dress with a white "Buddy Poppy" service cap and an armband. As the "Buddy Poppy Girl" the actress holds a bowl of poppies and a donation can. The photograph is signed in full "Kathryn Grayson" within the photograph at middle right of the image. The photographer's credits are stamped on the verso. The top right corner and edge is creased and there is a tiny chipped tear to the right edge. There is a minor stain to the right edge with heavier staining to the left edge of the verso. Good. Inspired by the World War I poem "In Flanders Fields" the Buddy Poppy program originated in the 1920's raising funds to assist veterans of foreign wars VFW. Kathryn Grayson was the face of the campaign in 1953 promoting the organization's memorial flowers which were assembled by disabled and hospitalized veterans. Trained as an opera singer from the age of 12 the American movie actress and coloratura soprano Kathryn Grayson 1922-2010 came under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the early 1940's. She mainly made her career in musicals and was the lead performer in such movies as "Thousands Cheer" "Anchors Aweigh" opposite Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly "Show Boat" and "Kiss Me Kate". On the theatrical stage she appeared in "Camelot" and performed in operas including "La Boheme" "Madame Butterfly" "Orpheus in the Underworld" and "La Traviata". Bert Six, 1953. unknown
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