BAINTER FAY: (1893-1968) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1938 for her role as Aunt Belle Massey in Jezebel. Vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 10 photograph of Bainter in a smiling head and shoulders pose in costume as Melissa 'Ma' Frake from the American musical film State Fair (1945) which featured original music by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Signed by Bainter in fountain pen ink to a largely clear area at the base of the image. Some slight corner creasing and very minor age wear, about VG