Rare 5.25 x 8-inch sepia-tone image clipped from a 1910s movie magazine, boldly signed in black fountain pen in that era. In good condition for its age, with light mounting remnants on the verso and two faint folds. Chilean-born British actor Vernon Steel, who was also sometimes credited as Vernon Steele, played patrician, snobbish types on the stage and screen from the 1910s through the 1940s, noted for his baritone voice. His long string of memorable credits included Captain Blood (1935), Dracula's Daughter (1936), Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Joan of Arc (1948), and Madame Bovary (1949).

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