This is an original linen backed 8x10 inch photo of two small images that are 3.5 by 4.5 inches. Strike Me Pink is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, starring Eddie Cantor and Ethel Merman, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn.
Good to very good condition 8x10 inch original movie publicity photo. It has light wear and age toning. The photograph is linen backed.
Dona Drake (1914 – 1989)
was an American singer, dancer and film actress in the 1930s and
1940s. Of three-quarters black heritage, she presented herself as
Mexican and went by the names Una Novella and Rita Novella, typically
being cast in "ethnic" roles including Hispanics and Middle Easterners,
though occasionally took the role of white characters. As Mexican "Rita Rio", she led a touring all-girl orchestra in the early 1940s, also known as "Dona Drake and her Girl Band".
She began using the name Rita Rio in 1935,
when she was featured at the Paradise cabaret on Broadway. Besides
singing and dancing, she sometimes played piano, trumpet, clarinet,
saxophone and drums and occasionally led the orchestra. She is perhaps
best known for playing the Native American maid of Bette Davis in Beyond
the Forest. She also appeared as an Arab girl opposite Bob Hope and
Bing Crosby in Road to Morocco in 1942. Bob Hope admitted to having a
mad crush on her.
In
1944 she appeared in a lead role as a big band singer in a B-movie
titled Hot Rhythm, which also featured Irene Ryan (Granny from The
Beverly Hillbillies) as a ditsy secretary. Drake had a notable
"non-ethnic", non-musical role as the second female lead in the 1949
comedy The Girl from Jones Beach, playing opposite Eddie Bracken.
Drake married Oscar and Emmy award winning fashion designer William Travilla on August 19, 1944. They had one daughter, Nia (b. August 16, 1951 - d. October 1, 2002), and remained a couple until her death. Travilla appeared on the March 24, 1960, episode of "You Bet Your Life", hosted by Groucho Marx, and introduced his elegantly dressed wife to the audience. (Source: Wikipedia)
Drake married Oscar and Emmy award winning fashion designer William Travilla on August 19, 1944. They had one daughter, Nia (b. August 16, 1951 - d. October 1, 2002), and remained a couple until her death. Travilla appeared on the March 24, 1960, episode of "You Bet Your Life", hosted by Groucho Marx, and introduced his elegantly dressed wife to the audience. (Source: Wikipedia)
close-up scans from the above 8x10
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