[Ben Bernie]
Photograph

Eugene Robert Richee

American, 1896–1972

Paramount Pictures Corporation

Production company
American, estab. 1912

[Ben Bernie]

1934
gelatin silver print
Overall: 32.9 × 25.7 cm (12 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
GEH Film Collection
1988.1577.0001
Inscriptions Stamped in violet ink, TRC of verso: N.Y. EX.
Stamped in violet ink, TC of verso: CREDIT WILL BE APPRECIATED \ PARAMOUNT PHOTO \ BY \ EUGENE ROBERT RICHEE.
Stamped in black ink, TR of verso: JUL 11 1934.
Handwritten in pencil, BC of verso: P-1734-38.
Typewritten on paper caption, affixed to BC of verso: BLAZING THE BLUES AWAY -- The cloud of smoke attests to the heat the "old Maestro" Ben Bernie is putting behind this solo chore for a bit of recording in Paramount's "Shoot the Works."
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