Photos of Kay Francis
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Yosemite National Park
(May 1932)
Below are historic images of theaters across the country which were taken when Kay Francis’ name headed the marquee. Info regarding the date, location, and anything else have been added when known. The images are arranged in chronological order. [Legal notice: These, and all, images on this website appear for free, non-profit purposes for research/educational purposes only.]
For questions/inquires please email me.
Loew’s Pitkin Theater
Brooklyn, New York
November, 1930, Walter Huston & Kay Francis in
The Virtuous Sin.
Stanley Theatre
237 7th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
February/March 1932, Fredric March & Kay Francis in
Strangers in Love.
Rivoli Theater
New York City
Fall 1932, advertising Trouble in Paradise.
Chicago Theater
175 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60601
December, 1933, the marquee advertises Kay’s newest picture,
The House on 56th Street.
Warner Theater
Memphis, TN
Spring 1934, advertising Wonder Bar.
The theater is no longer standing.
North Park Theater
2891 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92104
Fall 1935, The marquee advertises Kay Francis in
I Found Stella Parish.
Strand Theater.
New York, New York.
June, 1935 advertising Stranded.
Strand Theater.
Taken in the fall of 1935, while no marquee is present in the image, I would imagine that the theater be nearby. I am also not sure which Strand Theater this was advertised for, as there were two distinct ones in Brooklyn, NY and Lakewood, NJ.
Personally, I would imagine this photo was taken in Brooklyn. If you have any information regarding this photograph (or any), please email me.
Rio Theater
Helena, MT
September 1936, advertising Give Me Your Heart.
Artists and dates have been credited when known. If you have any other pieces of art of Kay Francis that you completed or you know someone who did, email me if you would like them published and credited on this site. If you have further inquiries about the art on this page, please email me as well.
The artist’s name, title & date (if known) are in bold red text.
Sir Gerald Kelly, 1925. This is the one on exhibit at The Seeing Eye, Inc. in Morristown, NJ,
(Courtesy of Scott O’Brien)
Charles Baskerville, 1925. Kay-biographer Scott O’Brien took a photo of this painting while visiting Kay’s friends Jetti and Lou Ames. Kay had willed it to them.
By Thos Bodley, circa 1931.
Hollywood’s Malibu Beach, Miguel Covarrubias, 1933. Originally published in Vanity Fair.
Below: A close-up of where Kay is, beside her
then-boyfriend Maurice Chevalier, Joan Crawford
Leslie Howard, Adolphe Menjou, and Dolores Del Rio.
George K. Holt (1934). Found this in the Motion Picture Herald. The caption provides further information.
Jesus Rodriguez Valero (c. 1935).
(Courtesy of Scott O’Brien)
Sotero Cosme. (c. 1936)
Katharine Hepburn, Kay & Marlene Dietrich.
More info on Sotero: click here & for bio info click here.
J. Forrest Qualis (1936).
Appeared in the February 1, 1936 issue of the Motion Picture Herald.
Henry Major (c. 1938)
(Courtesy of Scott O’Brien)
Completed by artist James Montgomery Flagg, 1951 for Vanity Fair.
Clockwise from top-right: Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Kay Francis, Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, Constance Bennett (Mae West, center).
Advertisements
Ciro Pearls
Lux Toilet Soap
Max Factor Cosmetics:
Clippings
Picture Play, August, 1929
New Movie Magazine, 1930
From a 1932 issue of Photoplay:
Screenland Magazine, October, 1932:
Screenland Magazine, September, 1937:
Warner Bros. Studios:
This pages exists solely to make it easier for fans to view images of Kay Francis that either did not have a purpose for a specific film she was working on, or because the photo was used to promote a film of her’s. I’m always seeing the gorgeous photographs of her which were not done for a particular film, but just done for general publicity, so I’m throwing all of the photos which strictly have Kay and only Kay here. I’m trying to keep them in chronological order to make it easier for viewers (and, more importantly, ME!).
Remember to click the image for a larger view!
I believe these are from the June 1930
issue of Screenland. Kay was asked to
pose as a historical figure.
She chose Cleopatra.
Photos by Otto Dyar.
The following were done by Otto Dyar.
Fashion Images:
1940:
Kay Francis appeared on many magazine covers during her Hollywood career. It has taken me some time but I have finally started a gallery to showcase all of the covers I have saved from the internet over the past few years or so.
Click here for a page that has ads, articles, and various clippings from inside various magazines.
Click the thumbnail for a larger view!
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| A Cena Muda April 1938 |
A Cena Muda
April 1941 |
Cine Arte July 1930 |
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Cine Mundial
June 1933 |
Cine Mundial
January 1936 |
Cinelandia September 1931 |
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| De Film November 2, 1935 |
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| Film Pictorial 1933 |
Film Pictorial June 1, 1935 |
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| Film Pictorial August 1935 |
Film Pictorial June 1938 |
Film Pictorial January 1939 (Read the headlining title, this was right after KF left WB on terrible terms. Very telling title.) |
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| Film Weekly February 1932 |
Film Weekly September 1932 |
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| Film Weekly March 1938 |
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| Il Mio Libro Favorito 1935 |
Il Mio Libro Favorito March 26, 1939 |
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| Le Film 1935 |
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| Modern Screen November 1930 |
Modern Screen December 1933 |
Modern Screen August 1934 |
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| Modern Screen May 1935 |
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| Motion Picture July 1930 |
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| Movie Classic January 1933 |
Movie Classic May 1934 |
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| Movie Classic May 1935 |
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| Movie Mirror August 1932 |
Movie Mirror 1933 |
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| The New Movie April 19, 1931 |
The New Movie October 1932 |
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| Now Playing September 2008 |
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Philadelphia Inquirer
January 3, 1938 |
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| Photoplay 1930 |
Photoplay 1932 |
Photoplay 1934 |
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| Photoplay Fashions Year Unknown |
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| Piccolo July 1934 |
Piccolo May 23, 1937 |
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| Picturegoer December 1933 |
Picturegoer July 24, 1937 |
Picturegoer October 1937 |
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| Picturegoer 1941 |
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| Picture Play May 1, 1931 |
Picture Play 1934 |
Picture Play January 1936 |
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| Picture Play February 19, 1937 |
Picture Play November 1937 |
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Picture Show
1932 |
Picture Show
1935 |
Picture Show
Fall 1936 |
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| Pour Vous February 1935 |
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| Romantic Movie December 1935 |
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| Screen Book May 1, 1931 |
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| Screenland December 1930 |
Screenland April 1933 |
Screenland March 1934 |
Screenland June 1936 |
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| Screen Play May 1931 |
Screen Play November 1934 |
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| Silver Screen March 1931 |
Silver Screen August 1934 |
Silver Screen March 1937 |
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| Stage & Screen 1938 |
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| Warner Bros.’ Song Folio 1938 |
I have rearranged the gallery for tobacco cards since switching hosts. I limited the sizes for the majority of the cards to 500 pixels at the most, just to save on web-space for other material.
Originally, I had the cards arranged in no particular order. Now I have arranged them from when the photos appear to have been taken. I still haven’t labeled each individual year a card was released because I don’t know that information for everyone.
For simplicity’s sake, I figured this organization is the most easily accessible for readers to navigate.
Enjoy!
