Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 72

As I mentioned in a previous post, a lot of movie memorabilia was created for theater displays only and not intended for private collections. However, celebrities do sell, and always have, so there was a variety of items put on the market with famous faces plastered on them. Even someone like Ann Dvorak, who was never an A-lister had her fair share of random promo pieces.

Take for instance, this set of matchbooks. It’s bizarre that they exist to begin with, but what also strikes me (no pun intended) is the photo that was used. I think Ann only had the poofy hair-do for this one photo shoot, and that combined with the printing on the matchbook gives the image almost a 1920s look.

This set of matchbooks in my collection is intact with the matches, and I hope that after 80 years they no longer work!