*Joan Crawford & Douglas Fairbanks Jr. In and 50 similar items

Older 8x10 in. US single-weight glossy copy photograph (not a vintage original photo printed at the time it was taken) of motion picture stars JOAN CRAWFORD AND DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. The famous Hollywood couple are seen wearing bathing suits as they play with their dog. It is in very fine condition with a small area of wear on the tip of three of the corners. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.’s first notable relationship was with actress Joan Crawford, whom he began to date seriously during the filming of Our Modern Maidens. Fairbanks and Crawford married on June 3, 1929, at St. Malachy in New York City. Fairbanks was only 19; Crawford was 4 years older. They travelled to Britain on a delayed honeymoon, where he was entertained by Noël Coward, Gertrude Lawrence, Beatrice Lillie, and Prince George, Duke of Kent. He became active in both society and politics, but Crawford was far more interested in her career and had an affair with Clark Gable. In his first autobiography, Fairbanks would later admit that he was also unfaithful during that period and that he unsuccessfully pursued Katharine Hepburn during the filming of Morning Glory. The couple divorced in 1933, but the divorce would not become final for another year.