Martha O'Driscoll LIL ABNER 1940 Color:b&w Silent film star Billie Dove

Silent film star Billie Dove as featured in AN AFFAIR OF THE FOLLIES (1927)

Natural color portrait of Abbe Lane as restored from the vintage original 1954 tri-color (carbro) camera separation negatives

Color enhanced image by Hollywood Pinups from the b&w vintage original elements

Changing her name to the more glamorous-sounding Elaine Stewart

whose career in musicals would not take off for another five years

Martha O'Driscoll LIL ABNER 1940 Color:b&w Silent film star Billie DoveEnchanting Martha ODriscoll as ditzy Daisy Mae in the 1940 comedy LIL ABNER (based on the comic strip created by Al Capp). Color enhanced image by Hollywood Pinups from the b&w vintage original.