
Elmer Fryer, Mary Astor
Elmer Fryer(1898 – 1944) was in charge of the Stills Dept. in 1929 when Warner Brothers and First National merged. He remained with Warners till 1941 and died at the age of 45 in 1944.
During WW2, he made documentaries while in the Air Force.
I expect his beautiful portraits appeared in all the fan magazines of the 1930s.
My thanks to conradreeder.com for the brief information on Mr. Fryer.
Here are some of his fine portraits.

Barbara Stanwyck

Fredric March.ANTHONY ADVERSE. 1936

Ann Dvorak

Kay Francis

Elmer Fryer

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Errol Flynn. GREEN LIGHT. 1937

Bette Davis, Elmer Fryer. 1935

Claude Rains. 1936

Jane Wyman

Constance Bennett

Leslie Howard

George Brent

James Cagney

Humphrey Bogart. KID GALAHAD

John Payne. KID NIGHTINGALE
A nice shot of Elmer Fryer and his wife, Isabelle.
Walter Huston to the right, though I don’t know what the event was, probably an early 1930s Warner Bros. Premiere.