Production still of RKO Radio Pictures' Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Photography
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2025.5.6.3.PH.CI.C1935.USDescription
Photograph of a scene from RKO Radio Pictures' Sylvia Scarlett (1935). Pictured is Katharine HEPBURN, Princess Natalie PALEY, and Cary GRANT. They sit in discussion at a table outdoors. Natalie PALEY wears a long sleaved dress and smokes a cigarette while seated in a chair. Cary GRANT leans in, mid discussion, sporting a corduroy shirt, wool trousers, and a neckerchief. Katherine stands behind dressed as a male clown with bells attached to the placket and pockets of her ruffed shirt.Natalie Paley (1905-1981) was a Russian princess, the granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II. She fled the Russian Revolution and went on to establish herself as a model in Paris throughout the 1930s, for Schiaparelli, Chanel, and Vogue. She later appear in French and American films.