John Miljan

 

Dayton Reginald Eugene Brown

  1895 - 1971 (biography)

c. 1920  

drypoint 

11 3/4 x 8 5/8" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

8 of 50  

pencil editioned, "imp", countersigned by John Miljan 

 

fine ivory wove paper 

published 

artist 

SDAE61 

$350.00 

Dayton Brown's portrait of acter John Miljan (1892 - 1960). Miljan played handsome, debonair romantics in silent films but turned into an archetypal villain after realizing his aristocratic good looks had a certain cold, shady quality that could be longer-lasting in bad guy roles. He made his talking picture debut in the promotional trailer for The Jazz Singer in 1927 in which he invited the audience to see the upcoming landmark film. In later years he played imposing, authoritative parts such as high-ranking executives and military officers. He played General Custer in Cecil B. DeMille's The Plainsman (1936). See our Biography for more about Dayton Brown.