Here is a striking extremely rare very early autographed 8" by 10" photo of actress and singer Frances Mccoy, from the early 1930s, with great reference to "one take McCoy". One of the only ones I have come across. Frances McCoy was born on December 25, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. She was known for Soup to Nuts (1930)--the first appearance of The Three Stooges--Wild Company (1930) and Rhythm in a Night Court (1937). She died on June 20, 1976 in River Edge, New Jersey, USA. Minor corner and edge wear. Very rare.
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Christmas Day was the birthday of singer and actress Frances McCoy (Franya Popowsky, 1910-1976) Born in Poland, she moved with her family to the Bronx when a young child. The family’s surname was changed to Popper. At the age of 19 she emerges in a very public way in a 1930 Vitaphone short with Ben Bernie and His Orchestra, singing the song “Hello Baby”. She got signed to a contract with Fox that same year. Fox started her out in a supporting role in the gangster picture Wild Company (1930) directed by Leo McCarey (Bela Lugosi has a small role in this film!). And she’s the female lead in the legendary comedy 1930 Soup to Nuts featuring Ted Healy, the Three Stooges, Fred Sanborn and Charles Winninger. After this citing “nervous exhaustion” she abruptly returned to the Bronx, breaking the Fox contract. In a 1936 edition of the New York Post, she is reported as supporting Jack White at a club on 52nd street In 1937 she, Harry Rose and others appeared in the musical short, Rhythm in a Night Court. In 1938 she appeared in a short called Sing for Sweetie with June Allyson, Lee Sullivan and George Shelton. Sometime after this she married and retired. When she passed away in New Jersey in 1976 her name was Frances Katchen.