Photograph, 10 x 8 heavyweight paper, of a unique dancer with the Fanchon & Marco troupe.   
Paste on label on back. Peralta LA photographer’s studio imprinted in negative.

The Fanchon and Marco was a company of performers for live variety shows performed before feature films in California and across the country in the 1920s and 1930s. These shows, known as "Ideas," were produced by the Los Angeles-based theatrical production team of sister and brother Fanchon Wolff Simon  and Marco Wolff. 
Little has been written about Fanchon and Marco, whom Variety called "the world's most famous brother and sister producing team." They produced hundreds of innovative motion-picture prologues called "Ideas" they presented in live stage shows throughout the country. Small cinema houses wanted to stage shows but could not afford them. Fanchon & Marco offered units at a reasonable price, equipped them and rehearsed them in Hollywood, sent them out complete with costumes, scenery and songs. Their studio on Sunset Boulevard became a factory for mass production of 15-minute shows. The whole show would around some novel production number, blending costumes and tunes to whatever the girls were doing. They came out on bicycles, skates and skis. They wore bunny costumes, appeared disguised as flowers, birds or animals. Unfortunately, the Great Depression was to extinguish such grandiose visions. As theatres began closing and work opportunities for show people dwindled, the market for Fanchon & Marco stage presentations also faded. By 1932,the Ideas were replaced with tab versions of Broadway musicals and general variety shows.
Strong contrast and clarity, slight diagonal creases in t/r and t/l corner, o/w Fine condition  15. lf et 0675.