Quite scarce vintage 7.5 x 9-inch matte-finish sepia-tone costume portrait as Sergeant Quirt in the stage production "What Price Flory?" (1925), boldly signed and inscribed in black fountain pen in 1925. In fine condition, with pinholes the the corners and possible trimming. Forceful character actor William B. Davidson played supporting roles both large and small in over 300 films between his debut in 1914 and his death in 1947, especially noteworthy in A Gentleman of Paris (1927), Hell's Angels (1930), The Most Dangerous Game (1932), The Dragon Murder Case (1934), Marked Woman (1937), Each Dawn I Die (1939), My Little Chickadee (1940), Lillian Russell (1940), Hold That Ghost (1941), The Male Animal (1942), In This Our Life (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The Affairs of Martha (1942), The Magnificent Dope (1942), The Farmer's Daughter (1947), and Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947).

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