Diana Wynyard in ‘The Silent Knight’

Ethel Léontine Gabain (French-English, 1883-1950) – Diana Wynyard in ‘The Silent Knight’, 1938 (Oil on canvas. Walker Art Gallery) – – Wynyard was signed in 1932 to a contract at MGM. She starred in Rasputin and the Empress (1932) and in Cavalcade (1933), for which she received an Academy Award nomination. She returned to England, moving between film and stage roles. The Silent Knight was a romantic comedy in three-acts, which appeared at St James Theatre during the 1937-38 season…