General Electric Theater VIRGINIA BRUCE, OTTO KRUGER 1954 TV still WOMAN’S WORLD

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(This looks MUCH better than this pictures above. The circle with the words, “scanned for eBay, Larry41” does not appear on the actual photograph. I just placed them on this listing to protect this high quality image from being bootlegged.)
General Electric Theater VIRGINIA BRUCE, OTTO KRUGER rare TV still WOMAN’S WORLD (1953/54) Directed by Alfred E. Green!
The circle with the words, “scanned for eBay, Larry41” does not appear on the actual photograph. I just placed it on this listing to protect this high quality image from being bootlegged. This would look great framed on display in your home theater or to add to your portfolio or scrapbook! A worthy investment for gift giving too!
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This photograph is a real photo chemical created picture (vintage, from the Hollywood studio release) and not a copy or reproduction.
DESCRIPTION:
General Electric Theater was an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations. The television version of the program, produced by MCA-TV/Revue, was broadcast every Sunday evening at 9:00 pm EST, beginning February 1 1953, and ending June 3 1962. Each of the estimated 209 television episodes was an adaptation of a novel, short story, play, film, or magazine fiction. An exception was the 1954 episode "Music for Christmas", which featured choral director Fred Waring and his group The Pennsylvanians performing Christmas music. Jacques Tourneur directed four excellent episodes, "The Martyr'" (1955), "Into the Night" (1955), "Aftermath" (1960) and "Star Witness: The Lili Parrish Story" (1961).   On September 26, 1954, Ronald Reagan debuted as the only host of the program. GE added a host to provide continuity in the anthology format.   General Electric Theater made the already well-known Reagan, who had appeared in many films as a "second lead" throughout his career, wealthy, due to his part ownership of the show. After eight years as host, Reagan estimated he had visited 135 GE research and manufacturing facilities, and met over a quarter-million people. During that time, he would also speak at other forums such as Rotary clubs and Moose lodges, presenting views on economic progress that in form and content were often similar to what he said in introductions, segues, and closing comments on the show as a spokesman for GE.
CONDITION:
This still is in VERY GOOD to Near Excellent condition (old yes, with eyelash sharp focus but bumps, scuffs, dents and general waviness/soft ripples from having the snipe glued to the backside keep it from being perfect). (see photo) Finally, this is a vintage original. (This is NOT a cheap digital dupe, a re-release or copy, it is a real vintage photograph made the year of the release of the film.)   It is worth more than -50 but since I have recently acquired two huge collections from life-long movie buffs who collected for decades… I need to offer these choice items for sale on a first come, first service basis to the highest bidder.
SHIPPING:
Domestic shipping would be FIRST CLASS and well packed in plastic, with several layers of cardboard support/protection and delivery tracking. International shipping depends on the location, and the package would weigh close to three quarters of a pound with even more extra ridge packing.
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BACKGROUND:
Virginia Bruce, who portrayed the quintessential Ziegfeld showgirl in the lavish 1936 musical film ''The Great Ziegfeld'' and was the last wife of John Gilbert, the silent-screen lover, died Wednesday following a long illness. She was 72 years old.   Noted for her fragile beauty, Miss Bruce was a popular leading lady of the 1930's and 40's, appearing opposite such leading men as Robert Taylor, James Stewart, Fredric March, James Cagney, Robert Montgomery, Nelson Eddy, William Powell and Melvyn Douglas.   Born Virginia Briggs on Sept. 29, 1909, in Minneapolis, she grew up in Fargo, N.D. Her family moved to Hollywood while Virginia was still in her teens, and she signed a -a-week contract with Paramount Studios. Made Debut in 1928   She made her screen debut in a small part in Paramount's ''The Love Parade,'' which starred Maurice Chevalier, in 1928, followed by parts in more than 40 films, including ''The Mighty Barnum,'' ''Let 'Em Have It,'' ''Born to Dance,'' ''Yellow Jack,'' ''There Goes My Heart,'' ''Butch Minds the Baby'' and ''The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.''     In 1932, while on the threshold of film success, she married John Gilbert, one of the great lovers of the silent screen, with whom she acted in ''Downstairs'' at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she worked for most of her career. The marriage, like Gilbert's earlier ones to Ina Claire and Leatrice Joy, was short-lived, and Miss Bruce filed for divorce in 1934, charging the actor with cruelty.   After Gilbert's death of heart disease, a little more than a year later, Miss Bruce and their daughter, Susan Ann Gilbert, inherited the bulk of his 0,000 estate. Widowed in 1942   Two years later the actress met and married J. Walter Ruben, who directed her in the picture ''Bad Man of Brimstone.'' The couple had one son, Christopher, and she was widowed in 1942 after five years of marriage.   She made headlines again in 1946 when she married Ali Ipar, a Turkish movie writer, while Ipar was a soldier stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash.   A few weeks later he was discharged on the ground that he had two minor dependents - Miss Bruce's two children by her prior marriages. In 1947 the actress and her husband were again separated when Ipar returned to Turkey to visit his ailing father and was not permitted to return to the United States as an immigrant for more than a year. Husband in Prison   He was arrested and jailed in Istanbul in 1960 when the Turkish government changed hands, and he spent 19 months in prison, charged with fraudulent purchase of some freighters.   Miss Bruce spent the period of his imprisonment in her home in the Pacific Palisades area, but said, ''I'm not happy now, all alone.'' She and the writer were divorced in 1964 after his release from prison on the ground of incompatibility. Her last movie appearance was in ''Strangers When We Meet'' in 1960, in which she played Kim Novak's mother. She died at the Motion Picture and Television Country Home and Hospital.