Framed copy photograph of RMS "Queen Mary" (Cunard), signed by notable passengers

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Framed copy photograph of RMS "Queen Mary" (Cunard) by Stewart Bale Ltd. (ref. no. 1613-609). Signed by notable passengers on voyage from New York to Southampton, arrived 10 June 1936. Signatures include Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, author Peter Fleming, actor Reginald Gardiner, photographer Stewart Bale, and captain E.T. Britten. Other famous passengers on board during this voyage included Richard Coke (actor), Edith Furness (dramatist), Mary Moseley (journalist for the Nassau Guardian), Oswald Smith (Canadian actor), James Whale (film director), William Hutcheson (actor), John Inverclyde (1st baron Inverclyde), Alfred Booth (shipowner), William Kendall (actor), Frances Day (American actress and singer), Jack Buchanan (actor), Joan Bennett (actor), and Carl Brisson (actor). It is unknown whether Stewart Bale Ltd. took the original photograph or just reproduced it.