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Press Photo of Olive Moorefield’s Mother on the Porch of Moorefield’s Childhood Home 1952
1952List2814Homestead Pennsylvania 1952. 7 x 9 inch photograph. International News Photos and Tribune 4th Edition stamps verso with newspaper clipping. Marked “623†in pencil recto. Fine. Olive Moorefield b.1932 is an American opera singer and theater and film actress from Homestead Pennsylvania. As the newspaper clipping on the back of this photograph—from very early in Moorefield’s career—explains “She had earned $22 by baby sitting and decided to go to New York in hopes of auditioning for a play. She was given a try at a part in ‘My Darlin’ Aida’ . She made the gradeâ€. Following Aida she was brought to Vienna by the US Information Service to sing for servicemen and would go on to sing for the Vienna Volksoper Oper Frankfurt Schauspielhaus Zürich and others. She would also star in a number of German and Viennese films. Offered here is a photograph of Moorefield’s mother sitting on the porch of Moorefield’s childhood home. The clipping states that her mother “urged her to try for the part†of Lolly in Aida. unknown
Auger Down Books · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €
