{"product_id":"cat-00033622-luis-alberni","title":"Cat. #00033622:  LUIS ALBERNI","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003eRare vintage 8x10-inch black and white portrait, boldly signed in black fountain pen and dated 1935 in Hollywood, California. In good condition, with a few minor handling dings and one faint surface crease. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003eShort, elfish Spanish-born character actor Luis Alberni began his career as a dramatic stage performer, but when he caught audience members struggling to stifle laughter during a performance of \"Hamlet,\" he realized he was better-suited for comedy. After relocating to Hollywood in 1915, he played a mixed bag of excitable Italian and Spanish waiters, janitors, stagehands, and shop proprietors in films the John Barrymore horror gems \u003ci\u003eSvengali\u003c\/i\u003e (1931) and \u003ci\u003eThe Mad Genius \u003c\/i\u003e(1935); \u003ci\u003eThe Sphinx \u003c\/i\u003e(1933); \u003ci\u003eFlying Down to Rio\u003c\/i\u003e (1933); \u003ci\u003eThe Black Cat\u003c\/i\u003e (1934) with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi; \u003ci\u003eThe Count of Monte Cristo \u003c\/i\u003e(1934); \u003ci\u003eRoberta\u003c\/i\u003e (1935); \u003ci\u003eThe Gay Deception\u003c\/i\u003e (1935); \u003ci\u003eMadame X\u003c\/i\u003e (1937); \u003ci\u003eEasy Living \u003c\/i\u003e(1937); \u003ci\u003eThe Lady Eve \u003c\/i\u003e(1941); \u003ci\u003eRoad to Zanzibar \u003c\/i\u003e(1941); \u003ci\u003eA Bell for Adano\u003c\/i\u003e (1945); John Ford's remake of \u003ci\u003eWhat Price Glory?\u003c\/i\u003e (1952); and \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Commandments\u003c\/i\u003e (1956).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67891594821726,"sku":"igl1793378960082","price":55.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/3048\/5086\/files\/cat-00033622-luis-alberni_1.jpg?v=1793378974","url":"https:\/\/treklineclad.shop\/products\/cat-00033622-luis-alberni","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}