Scarce vintage 5x7-inch sepia-tone bust portrait, boldly signed and inscribed in green fountain pen for inveterate collector Eric Moorhouse in the 1930s. In fine condition for its age. British supporting actor James Stephenson was typically cast as urbane villains in thrillers, mysteries and crime flicks of the 1930s and 1940s, including The Dark Stairway (1938), Mr. Satan (1938), Devil's Island (1939), Wanted by Scotland Yard (1939), Calling Philo Vance (1940), and The Letter (1940).

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