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Vintage original 8x10 in. US keybook photograph from the 1920's New York-set political and theatrical-themed silent film comedy/drama romance, STEPPING ALONG, released in 1926 by First National Pictures and directed by Charles Hines. Based upon the story, The Knickerbocker Kid, by Matt Taylor, Johnny Rooney (Johnny Hines) is a fast-stepping young politician and Molly Taylor (Mary Brian) is an even faster-stepping showgirl in "George White's Scandals" in a tale of New York City's theatrical and political life during prohibition and the jazz-age. The cast includes William Gaxton, Ruth Dwyer, Edmund Breese, Dan Mason, and Lee Beggs.
The image features a exterior night-time shot of the "fast-stepping young politician," Johnny Rooney (Johnny Hines), standing next to Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky (Edmund Breese) inside the back of an open vintage automobile as they both taken an oath to be true to their cause of "Anti Everything," The license plate to the right of their slogan sign is also dated 1926 and is from New York. This vintage original keybook photograph has been professionally linen-backed and is in very fine+ condition without any pinholes, tears, stains, or other flaws.
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