Photograph, Peggy Shannon
Object number2012.175.01
Date1931
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionPress photograph from the movie "Silence," featuring Peggy Shannon. Shannon was born in Pine Bluff.Peggy Shannon was born Winona Sammon in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1907. She was hired as a chorus girl by Florenz Ziegfeld in 1923 while visiting her aunt in New York. The following year she was cast in Ziegfeld Follies. She later appeared on both stage and screen. In 1927 while on Broadway, she was spotted by B.P. Schulberg, production head of Paramount Pictures, and was offered a contract. When she arrived in Hollywood, she was hailed as the next “It Girl,” replacing the former, Clara Bow. She made over thirty films, appearing in her last role in 1940. Shannon died in 1941.
Black and white photograph from the 1931 movie "Silence," featuring Arkansas native Peggy Shannon. The photo is of a jail setting. There are five people in the photo - four men and a woman. On the far left is a priest. A police officer stands slightly behind a handcuffed prisoner. A woman holding a purse stands next to the prisoner. A man in a dark suit stands to the right of the woman. Film information is printed at the bottm of the photograph in black lettering.
Status
Not on view
