MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY -MGM 1935- Henry Stephenson Screen Worn Naval Coat - OSCAR

Description

HENRY STEPHENSON's Screen worn naval COAT
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
/
MGM,1935.
Oscar Winning Film
Academy Award winner
1935 BEST PICTURE
Dignified Smokey gray/green double-breasted cutaway 18th Century style Naval coat with copper-colored silk lining.
Coat is a heavy wool and bears an interior
"
Western Costume Co.
"
label. inscribed,
"
H. Stephenson
"
in slightly fading black steel-tip fountain pen ink and stamped
"
2902
,"
with
"
Western Costume Co.
"
interior stamp.
Somewhat miraculously, all eight original oversized buttons are present (six front, two rear).
As worn by Stephenson in his role as Sir Joseph Banks
in this classic adventure starring
Clark Gable
,
Charles Laughton
and
Franchot Tone
.
The epic film would go on to win
1935's Academy Award for BEST PICTURE
Henry Stephenson (1871-1956)
was a prolific and distinguished presence in many films now regarded as classic from the
1930s and '40s
. The British actor usually portrayed friendly and wise gentlemen who were often key figures in the films he appeared in. He co-starred with a virtual who's who of cinematic legends including:
Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Tyrone Power, Norma Shearer, Basil Rathbone, Olivia De Havilland, John Wayne, Bette Grable, Cary Grant, William Powell, etc. etc.
A BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED AND IMPORTANT ARTIFACT FROM This classic film.
SURVIVING COSTUMES FROM EARLY OSCAR-WINNING FILMS OF THE 1930'S ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE AND SOUGHT AFTER.
AN EMBLEMATIC SOUVENIR FROM Hollywood's golden age!
*****The photo from the film of Stephenson wearing the coat  in a scene with co-star Franchot Tone is for display purposes only and is not included with purchase of the coat.