Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 156

This is an image I toyed with using in the Ann Dvorak biography, but ultimately didn’t. It’s an unusual photo for a few reasons. First, it’s a glass plate negative which you don’t come across too often from the 1940s, when this photo was taken. Ann’s tightly pulled hair is not a style you see too often with her and the photo is not retouched, so there are some lines visible around her eyes which gives her a subtle maturity. The speckling on the image is on the negative and not freckles, and since I did not submit it for the book, I did not bother to correct that.

Overall, an unusual but still lovely image of a post-War Ann Dvorak.