Rains (Claude)

Striking black and white, head and shoulders photograph of Claude Rains from 'The Phantom of the Opera' (1943), signed and inscribed to Billy along the lower margin, one mild vertical crease, some yellowing and silvering consistent with age, in good condition, 10 x 8".

PROVENANCE: The Collection of William (‘Bill’) Partleton (1911-1975). Bill Partleton worked on over 100 films between the 1930’s and the 1970’s, principally in the make-up and special effects departments of major British film studios, including Doctor in the House (1954), The Prisoner (1955), A Night to Remember (1958), Peeping Tom (1960), Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines (1965), Island of Terror (1966), Jane Eyre (1970), Kidnapped (1971) and The Wicker Man (1971).