Claude Rains was born in England in 1889 and became a stage actor. In 1912 he toured Australia and can be seen here as a twenty three year old playing a mature and senior lawyer. He was already a successful Broadway actor when he moved to Hollywood for a long run of stardom in major films from 1933 on. Most of the portraits of him seen on the web are of the middle aged Hollywood star of films like <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now,_Voyager" class="extiw" title="w:Now, Voyager">Now, Voyager</a></i> (1942) opposite Bette Davis. The panel still has the pinholes from when the photograph was displayed in the theatre foyers.
Burlington Studios, Melbourne
1912
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