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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.
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This is an exceedingly rare image from 1936's The Gay Desperado set in front of San Xavier Mission in Tucson, Arizona. The structure on the far right... more
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Paul Cutright
April 25th, 2024
I loved the card. Message inside was perfect (just like I requested) Only comment - the picture seemed too large for the card (glue showing on the side) Next time I will down size the picture. I have ordered many cards from fineartamerica and have been very pleased with the artist selection and quality of the art. Paul Cutright
Sitara Laurenti
April 25th, 2024
Gorgeous!! rich colors, lovely glossy finish.
Sitara Laurenti
April 25th, 2024
Beautiful..lovely gloss finish, vibrant colors and amazing details
Kathleen Sanford
April 24th, 2024
Loved this! Colors not quite as bright as what you are showing but I still loved it!
Kathleen Sanford
April 24th, 2024
I thought the colors could have been a little brighter but I was happy with the product!
Debbie Ellliott
April 23rd, 2024
Lovely. Colors are true. Plan to purchase same image in a larger size.
This is an exceedingly rare image from 1936's "The Gay Desperado" set in front of San Xavier Mission in Tucson, Arizona. The structure on the far right of the frame was created for the film.
"Desperado" was directed by Rouben Mamoulian (1898-1987), an important innovator in the early days of the "talkies." He ended his days in poverty after having been fired from "Porgy and Bess" and "Cleopatra." Mamoulian did direct Fred Astaire in "Silk Stockings." The 1957 musical was the last production in which Astaire danced as a leading man, who ended up with the girl.
"The Gay Desperado" was produced by Mary Pickford, a few years after her retirement from the screen. Historians claim she was the most popular actress ever to grace movies. There is no record of Pickford ever having visited the Tucson set, or when it was world premiered at the Fox Tucson.
"Adding sound to motion pictures would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo."...Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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