The Actress 1953 original vintage lobby card on heavy card stock. 11x14 inches.

"The Actress" is a 1953 American comedy-drama film based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play Years Ago. Gordon herself wrote the screenplay. The film was directed by George Cukor and stars Jean Simmons, Spencer Tracy, Teresa Wright, and Anthony Perkins in his film debut.

Movie lobby cards are a uniquely American creation. They are a hybrid of movie posters and, usually, movie star photos. Back in the early 1910s, the small
nickelodeons, where films were first shown, started morphing into larger, more permanent, and more elegant venues.