Stage & Screen
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Theatre and Circus

503.  P. T. Barnum (1810-1891) Showman. Barnum who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. 4 ½” x 1 ½” signature cut from a letter together with a 5” x 7” unsigned photograph. 

 

 

$150 to $250

504.  Gordon W. “Pawnee Bill” Lillie (1860-1942) Frontiersman and showman. Lillie left home at age 15 and lived among the Pawnee Indians and learned their language. He traveled with Buffalo Bill’s show and similar ‘Wild West’ shows as an interpreter and guardian of the Pawnee who worked with them. In 1888 he set out with his own show, ‘Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West’, and it was extremely popular until 1909, when it merged with Buffalo Bill’s. 8 ½” x 13” legal document signed, “G. W. Lillie,” no date or place. The document is a contract by which H. G. Wilson agrees to provide “…the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East Company a first class six wheel truck, sixty foot long privilege car, equipted in first class manner and operate it in a first class way at which lunch and refreshments are offered for sale…also to operate on the grounds a hamburger or lunch stand….” The document is also signed by Wilson and witnessed by Wes. F. Pike.  

 $850 to $1,200

505.  Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) British Stage actress. Langtry based her theatrical fame on two roles: Rosalind in As You Like It and Kate in She Stoops to Conquer. Her theatrical career was always eclipsed by her societal position as the mistress of Edward VII and his nephew Louis of Battenberg. 3 ½” x 2 ½” signature mounted to a card. There is a 2” x ½” tear at the upper right affecting the top of the “L” of  her last name. Also included is a cabinet photograph, copyrighted in 1892. 

 

 

 

 

$250 to $450

506.  Lillian Russell (1861-1922) Singer, actress. Russell became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th century and early 20th century, known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence. 5” x 6 ¼” autograph letter signed, personal stationery, no date “Wednesday,” to “My dear Playfair.” “…Please come up to dinner at four thirty tomorrow and we can have the little chat….”

$200 to $400


The “Silver Screen”

507.  Bud Abbott (1895-1974) Comic actor. Abbott was the tall, bullying member of the popular comedy team Abbott and Costello. Abbott entered show business as a burlesque show producer, then took to the stage himself as straight man for a number of comedians, finally teaming with fledgling comic Lou Costello in 1936. 8” x 10” black and white photograph signed, “To ‘Frank & Minnie’ Only the Best of Luck your Pal Bud Abbott.” Minor corner damage.  

$250 to $400

508.  Lou Costello (1906-1959) Comic actor. Costello was best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. Costello was famous for his bumbling, chubby, clean-cut image. 8” x 10” black and white photograph signed, “To ‘Joan’ All my Love Lou Costello.” Slight brushing to his first name.  

 

$300 to $500

509.  Actresses. Four 8” x 10” black and white photographs signed, each matted to 11” x 14”, signed. Doris Day, “Love, Doris Day,” Farrah Fawcett, “To Michael, Best Always! Farrah Fawcett 1998,” Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996) and Janet Leigh (1927-2004), “Jerry Good Luck Janet Leigh.”   

 


 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

$150 to $300

 

 


510.  Leading Ladies.
Seven 8” x 10” black and white photographs signed by six
actresses: Candice Bergen, Lynda Carter, two as “Wonder Woman” both signed, “God Bless Love Lynda Carter,” Angelica Huston, “To Alvin with all my best Angelica Huston,” Jane Russell, “For Alvin – God bless!! Jane Russell,” Penny Singleton (1908-2003), “Love Penny Singleton ‘Blondie’” and Raquel Welch, “Especially for you! Raquel Welch.”  

 


 

 

 


 

 


 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

$150 to $250


 

511.  Woody Allen (1935-    ) Actor, director and Louise Lasser (1939-    ) Actress, comedienne. Allen redefined film comedy during the 1970s. He married Lasser in 1966 and later directed her in Take the Money and Run, Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex... and Stardust Memories. They divorced in 1970. In 1976, Lasser starred as the zoned-out heroine of the satirical soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. A check from the William Morris Agency, payable to Lasser, July 16, 1964 which she has endorsed twice. Allen has signed under her endorsement. A 5” x 7” black and white, matte finish photograph of Allen is included. 

 $150 to $250

512.  Julie Andrews (1935-    ) British signer, actress. Andrews is still best-known for her roles as Mary Poppins in the film of that name and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music.  4” x 6” black and white photograph signed in silver ink, “To Ray – Sincerely, Julie Andrews.” Matted to 8” x 10”. Also, her children’s book, Simeon’s Gift, Harper Collins, 2003, first edition, signed on the title page “Julie Andrews Edwards.” The dust jacket is in very good condition. 

 

 

 


 

 

 

$100 to $200

513.  Julie Andrews. Her book, Home, Hyperion, 2008, first edition, signed on the first blank page. The dust jacket is unblemished. 


 

 

 

$50 to $100

514.  James Arness (1932-    ) Actor. Arness best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke for 20 years. 8” x 10” black and white photograph as Matt Dillon signed, “Hi Tom – Jim Arness.” Matted to 11” x 14”. 

 


$100 to $200

515.  Fred Astaire (1899-1987) dancer, actor. Astaire was the American movie dancer of the 1930s and 1940s. Famed for his mixture of elegance and nice-guy charm, he was a popular romantic lead. 5” x 3” sheet signed. 

$100 to $200

516.  Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly (1912-1996) Dancer, actor.  Kelly was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks and the likeable characters that he played on screen. Two 5 ½” x 4 ½” album pages signed, “To Peppy Fred Astaire” and a page hurriedly signed by Kelly. Includes a 14” x 11” printed color photograph of them from their performance in That’s Entertainment, Part 2.”

 $75 to $150

517.  Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) Actress. Barrymore, a member of the famous Barrymore family, was highly regarded as a charming and charismatic stage actress and a major Broadway performer. She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1944 film None but the Lonely Heart. 3” x 1” cut signature, she adds the date “1905.”

$150 to $250

518.  Wallace Beery (1885-1949) Actor. Beery started his film career in 1913, first as a comedian in Mack Sennett’s Keystone comedies. He is best known for his performances as dim-witted, but endearing, toughs in such films as The Champ, for which he won an Academy Award in 1931, Min and Bill , and Tugboat Annie. 3” x 1 3/3” sheet signed. Includes an 8” x 10” unsigned, black and white photograph. 

$100 to $200

519.  Jack Benny (1894-1974) Comedian. Benny was one of the top stars of radio, television, and stage in a career which spanned over 50 years. A master of comic timing, Benny changed the nature of the weekly comedy show on radio and his likeable skinflint stage persona delighted audiences. 5” x 7” black and white photograph signed, “To Bernard Jack Benny.” There is also a printed inscription and signature.

 

$100 to $200

520.  Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) Swedish actress. Bergman was a three-time Academy Award-winning actress. She also won the Tony Award for Best Actress in the first Tony Award ceremony in 1947. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute. 4” x 2 ¾” cut signature, also signed by British actor Charles Lloyd Pack (1902-1983). Includes a 7” x 9” black and white photograph of Bergman with a puppy from International News Photos. There are tape stains in the extreme right and left margins.

$100 to $200

521.  Mel Blanc (1908-1989) Voice actor. Blanc was the versatile cartoon voice creator of such unforgettable characters as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. 8” x 10” color printed photograph signed, “Eh – what’s up Ed? ‘Bugs Bunny & Gang’ 8-11-82 Mel Blanc.”   

 

$100 to $200

522.  Ray Bolger (1904-1987) Actor, dancer. Bolger won a Tony Award for his appearance in Where’s Charley? His most famous role was as the Scarecrow in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. 8” x 10” black and white photograph, as the Scarecrow, signed “To Keith From His Friend The Scarecrow of Oz Ray Bolger.”  

 

$150 to $250


523.  William Boyd
(1895-1972) Actor. Boyd’s career took off in 1935 when he began to appear in Hopalong Cassidy, beginning with the film, Hop-A-Long Cassidy and eventually amounting to sixty-six episodes. 8” x 10” black and white photograph signed, “To Bernard Good luck Hoppy.” 

 

$200 to $400

524.  William Boyd. 7” x 3” card signed, “To Bernard Good luck Hoppy.”

 $150 to $250


525.  Charles Bronson
(1921-2003) and Jill Ireland (1936-1990) Actors. Bronson is best known for starring in a run of urban crime dramas in the 1970s. Ireland who was married to Bronson seldom appeared onscreen without her husband; their best collaborative efforts include Hard Times and From Noon Til Three. 10” x 8” black and white movie still signed by both, Ireland adds: “To Michael With love and good wishes. Jill Ireland.” Matted to 13” x 10”.   

 $200 to $400

526.  Marlon Brando (1924-2004) Actor. Brando was a smash hit on Broadway in A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947; in the early 1950s he was nominated in four consecutive years for best actor Oscars, winning once for the 1954 film On the Waterfront. 3 ¼” x 4” black and white photograph signed, “To Bernard Marlon Brando.”  

$400 to $700


527.  Marlon Brando.
5” x 3” card signed. 

 

$250 to $400

528.  Actor Checks. Charles Bronson (1921-2003) Actor. Check on his personal account written and signed, Woodstock National Bank, July 16, 1979, payable to “Whitcomb Music Center.” Matted with two photographs to 16” x 12”. Cancellation holes touch the signature and Rod Steiger (1925-2002) Actor. 6 ¼” x 2 ¾”, Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company, March 22, 1954, signed “Rodney Steven Steiger.”  The document is an authorization for the bank to charge his account for new checks. Matted with a photograph to 11” x 14”.

 $150 to $250

529.  Rand Brooks (1918-2003) Actor. Brooks made his first film appearance in 1938. The following year, he gained a small niche in film history with his performance as Charles Hamilton, ill-fated first husband of Scarlett O’Hara, in Gone With the Wind. Two 13 ½” x 10 ½” black and white movie stills from Gone With the Wind, signed “Rand Brooks ‘Charles’.” Both have been matted to 14” x 18”.  

 

 

$150 to $250


530.  Billie Burke
(1885-1970) Actress. Burke became a musical comedy star in the early 1900s. She will forever be remembered for her lighthearted portrayal of Glinda the Good Witch in the film classic The Wizard of Oz. 7 ¼” x 6 ½” autograph letter signed, personal stationery, July 8, 1957, to Bernard Baker. “…Happy to comply with your request…Billie Burke….” The original envelope addressed by Burke is included.

$200 to $400

531.  Billie Burke. Her book, With Powder on My Nose, Coward McCann, Inc., 1959, first edition, signed on the title page “Billie Burke Ziegfeld. 1959.” The dust jacket shows some sun fade and wear. 


 

 

 

$150 to $250

532.  James Cagney (1899-1986) Actor. Cagney inaugurated a new film persona, a city boy with a staccato rhythm who was the first great archetype in the American talking picture. 10” x 8” black and white photograph signed, “For Ruth Best Jim Cagney.”

 

$150 to $250

533.  George Carlin (1937-2008) Comedian. Carlin was noted for his political and black humor and his observations on language, psychology, and religion along with many taboo subjects. He was arrested for violating obscenity laws in 1972 after a radio broadcast of an uncensored version of his routine “Seven Dirty Words You Can’t Say on Radio or Television.” 8” x 10” black and white photograph signed, “Hi Ed! George Carlin.”  


 $100 to $200

534.  George Carlin. 8” x 10” black and white promotional photograph signed, “Hi Allan! George Carlin.” 

 

 

$100 to $200

535.  Cheeta (Jiggs) (1932-    ) Movie chimpanzee. Cheeta’s Hollywood career began in 1933 after he was taken away from his mother in the jungle when he was only a few months old. He starred in numerous movies and television shows, most famously many Tarzan films of the 1930s and 1940s, in which he portrayed a fictional chimp of the same name. 8” x 10” black and white movie still from a Tarzan film signed. There is a 6” x 4” color photograph of Cheeta signing the picture.

 

 

$150 to $250

536.  Classic Movie Images.  Actresses Janet Leigh and Jane Russell, 8” x 10” black and white photograph of Leigh’s shower scene in 1960 thriller, Psycho signed, “John, Best Wishes Janet Leigh”  and an 8” x 10” black and white provocative photograph of the buxom Russell from the 1943 film, Outlaw signed, For Jim Rogan – Jane Russell.”  


 

 

 

$100 to $200

537.  Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) Actor. Clift was noted for his serious, sensitive roles. He portrayed troubled heroes in films such as A Place in the Sun, From Here to Eternity, The Young Lions, Judgment at Nuremberg, and Freud. 3 ¼” x 4 ½” back of a receipt signed in pencil, “M. Clift.” Matted with a printed photograph to 14” x 11”.

 

$200 to $400

538.  Charles Coburn (1877-1961) Actor. Coburn was most popular in comedies, and in 1943 won an Academy Award for his role in The More the Merrier as the bombastic but likable business executive forced by the wartime housing shortage to share a Washington D.C. apartment with Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea. 5” x 7” black and white matte finish photograph signed, “To Bernard Good Luck Charles Coburn.” Signed against a dark background.  

 

$100 to $200

539.  Iron Eyes Cody (1904-1999) Actor. Cody maintained for his whole life that he was part Cree and part Cherokee. He was in fact born Espera DeCorti, a second generation Italian-American. He appeared in more than 200 films including The Big Trail, A Man Called Horse and Ernest Goes to Camp. However, he is most famous for his “Crying Indian” role in the Keep America Beautiful public service announcement in the early 1970’s. 8” x 11” black and white magazine photograph from his film, Overland with Kit Carson, signed under his image “To Ray Bravo Iron Eyes Cody 1980 Cherokee Indian.”

$100 to $200

540.  George M. Cohan (1878-1942) Songwriter, playwright, actor and producer. Cohan became famous as the “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” He composed numerous songs, including You’re a Grand Old Flag, Mary’s a Grand Old Name, Give My Regards to Broadway, I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy, and the famous Over There of World War  I. 8 ¾” x 11 ¾” program from the production of Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness, 1933, The Theatre Guild, in which Cohan  starred, signed inside the front cover. Three other cast members have also signed: Elisha Cook, Jr. (1903-1995), Jean Adair (1873-1953) and Ruth Gilbert (1922-1993). The program has been rebound with a handsome quarter-leather binding 


 

 

 

$300 to $500

541.  Joan Crawford (1905-1977) Actress. Crawford was one of the most active and glamorous stars in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. Her entire filmography spans a 45-year period from 1925 to 1970 and includes over 70 films, from silent pictures to talkies. She was best known for her portrayals of ruthless women. 5” x 7” black and white matte finish photograph signed, “Hello to Deane Morrison from Joan Crawford” and a 6 ¼” x 6 ¾” typed letter signed, personal stationery, August 17, 1961, to Deane Morrison. “…Thank you…for your kindness in sending the newspaper article to me. I am delighted to have it, and you have written it very accurately….” The original envelope is included. 

 

 

$150 to $250

542.  Joan Crawford. Two 6 ¼” x 10” typed letters signed, personal stationery, both dated January 30, 1953, the first to “The Editor, News and Observer…Will you be good enough to see that Deane Morrison receives the enclosed letter…,” and the second to Morrison, “…I am so deeply grateful for the wonderful things you had to say about me and my career…Bless you – and from my grateful heart, I thank you….”   

 


 

 

 

 

$150 to $250

543.  Joan Crawford. 6” x 7” typed letter signed, “Joan,” personal stationery, April 30, 1971, to “Hazel.” “…It was so good of you to brighten my Easter holidays with the beautiful Easter card….”  

 

$75 to $125


544.  Creature from the Black Lagoon.
This was a classic monster film which was released in 1954. 10” x 14 ¾” black and white movie still signed  actress Julie Adams (1926-    ) and Ben Chapman (1929-    ) who adds: “Welcome to my Black Lagoon.” Chapman was the stuntman that viewers were watching in the rubber suit as he stalked his victims. 

 

$75 to $150

545.  Bing Crosby (1903-1977) Singer, actor. Crosby was one of the best-loved show business personalities of his time. He recorded over 1,600 songs, had his own radio show for over 20 years, starred in over 60 films, and made many guest appearances and specials for television. 6 ¼” x 8 ¼” black and white photograph signed. 

 

$100 to $200

546.  Bette Davis (1908-1989) Actress. Considered by some to be unappealing in her first screen tests, Bette Davis went on to become one of Hollywood’s greatest actresses. She won two Best Actress Academy Awards and was nominated eight other times. 8” x 10” black and white photograph with a vintage image signed “For Bernard Baker from Bette Davis.”  

 

$100 to $200

547.  Bette Davis. 5 ¾” x 7 ½” autograph note signed on her personal “Bette” stationery, “Hello to Bernard baker from Bette Davis.”  

 

 

 $100 to $200

548.  Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990) Actor, singer, dancer. Davis had a career that spanned more than five decades. He started in vaudeville and progressed to Broadway, film, and performing on the Las Vegas strip. He was a charter member of Frank Sinatra’s “Rat Pack.” 5” x 7” black and white photograph signed, “Peace & Love Sammy Davis, Jr.”  

 

$100 to $200

549.  Sandra Dee (1944-2005) Actress. Dee was the star of Gidget, the 1959 film that inspired a flurry of sun-and-fun surfing movies in the early 1960s. 5” x 8” typed letter signed, no place or date, to “Yvonne.” “…Thank you for always remembering us…My Mom sends her regards….” Matted with an 8” x 10” color photograph to 16” x 20”.

 


$100 to $200

550.   Olivia de Havilland (1916-    ) Actress.  De Havilland had one of her most memorable roles, as Melanie Hamilton in 1939’s Gone With The Wind. She won an Oscar in 1946 for To Each His Own, and another in 1949 for The Heiress. 8” x 10” black and white movie still as Melanie, signed.

 

$100 to $200

551.  Olivia de Havilland. 11” x 14”  black and white movie still as Melanie signed, he adds: “Melanie.” Defaced by an authenticator’s sticker at the lower right corner.

 

$100 to $200  


552.  Cecil B. DeMille
(1881-1951) Film producer, director. DeMille was most noted for his epic extravaganzas, like The Ten Commandments and The Greatest Show on Earth. He produced and directed over 70 films over the years, with The Greatest Show on Earth winning the Best Picture Oscar, in 1952. 8” x 10” matte finish, black and white photograph signed, “To Bernard Baker – In appreciation Cecil B. deMille.”

$200 to $400

553.  Cecil B. deMille. 4 ¼” x 1 ½” cut signature with a vertical fold. Matted with two printed photographs to 18” x 14”.  

$100 to $200

554.  Sandy Dennis (1937-1992) and Doris Day (1924-    ) Actresses. Dennis was one of the most easily recognizable serious actresses of stage and screen during the 1960s and 1970s and Day was the squeaky-clean movie star from the 1950s. Two signed items from each actress: a Playbill from Dennis’ performance in Any Wednesday, signed on the cover and a 10” x 8” black and white photograph from her performance with Darren McGavin in Something Evil that aired on CBS in 1971, matted to 11” x 14”.  8” x 10” color photograph of Day, signed in gold ink “For Dante & ‘Cate’ love Doris day &’Autumn,” matted to 11” x 14”. Also, her album Doris Day Sings Her Greatest Movie Hits, signed “With love Doris Day” (record not included).  

 

 

 

 

$100 to $200


555.  Doctor Zhivago
is a 1965 drama-romance-war film loosely based on the famous novel of the same name by Boris Pasternak.. 8” x 10” color movie still signed by Omar Sharif, “All the best Omar Sharif” and Geraldine Chaplin, “To Rex Love Geraldine Chaplin.”  Matted to 11” x 14”. 

 

$100 to $200

556.  Marie Dressler (1869-1934) Actress. Dressler was known for her portrayals of self-sufficient, humorous old women, often costarring with Wallace Beery, in films such as Min and Bill,  which won the 1931Academy Award, and Tugboat Annie. 7 ¼” x 7 ½” autograph letter signed, no place, March 22, 1921, to Paul Chute. “…Poor Josephine Hall died only a couple of months ago. I do not know the whereabouts of Edna Wallace….”The original envelope, addressed by Dressler, is included.

 $300 to $500


557.  Jimmy Durante
(1893-1980) Comedian. Big-nosed and boisterous, Durante was a vaudeville favorite who remained a hit in the early days of radio and television. 5” x 7” matte finish black and white photograph signed, “Bernard Jimmy Durante.”

 

$100 to $200


558.  Deanna Durbin
(1921-    ) Canadian singer, actress. Durbin made her first feature-length film Three Smart Girls in 1936. In 1938 she received a special Academy Juvenile Award, along with Mickey Rooney. 8 ½” x 7 ½” lobby card from her film, It Started with Eve signed, “Best always – Deanna Durbin.” 

$100 to $200

559.  Clint Eastwood (1930-    ) and Eli Wallach (1915-    ) Actors. Eastwood got his start acting in spaghetti Westerns. Later in his career he turned to directing, and has won two Oscars for Best Director, for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby. Wallach’s film debut was in Elia Kazan’s controversial Baby Doll and he went on to have a prolific career in films, although rarely in a starring role. 10” x 8” black and white movie still from the 1966 film, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly  depicting Eastwood and Wallach signed, “To Debora – Best Wishes From Clint Eastwood” and “For Deborah Best Wishes from Eli Wallach Tuco.” Matted to 14” x 11”. 

$150 to $250

560.  W. C. Fields (1880-1946) Comedian, actor. Fields began his career as a juggler, and much later appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies and in Earl Carroll’s Vanities. With his rasping voice and bulbous nose, Fields was an able satiric comedian. At his best in portrayals of drunken, swaggering, and down-at-the-heels rascals, Fields could be pointedly vitriolic and uproariously funny. 7 ¼” x 10 ½” typed letter signed with several autograph annotations, Charles Beyer, April 25, 1931, to Charles Beyer. The letter is an agreement with Beyer, his agent. “…I hereby agree to pay you ten per cent (10%) of my salaries…if you procure an engagement for me with RKO….” Fields has added, “on engagement refered to below,” “…for one or more pictures…at a salary of $25,000.00 a picture or $20,000.00 a picture and an agreed percentage in any other deal I should see fit to make with RKO…” Fields adds: “if consuructed within three weeks from this date. The agreement continues: I further agree to pay you ten percent (10%) commission on any further contracts…” Fields notes: “with this above mentioned Co. RKO.” The letter has the normal folds. Beyer proved to be less than successful in this venture. Fields soon signed with Paramount Pictures where he enjoyed great success.   

 $900 to $1,600

561.  Henry Fonda (1905-1982) Actor. Fonda was one of America’s most popular movie stars from the 1940s through the 1970s. He capped his career with his first Best Actor Oscar for On Golden Pond in1981, opposite screen legend Katharine Hepburn. 8” x 10” black and white photograph signed, “Julie – All My Best – Henry Fonda.” Matted to 12” x 16”.

$100 to $200


562.  Henry Fonda.
10” x 8” sepia toned movie still with Janet Gaynor from his first film, in 1935, Farmer Takes a Wife, signed. Some wrinkling. 

$100 to $200


563.  Errol Flynn
(1909-1959) Actor. Flynn ranked among Hollywood’s most popular and highly paid stars from the mid-1930s through the early 1940s, and his costume adventures thrilled audiences around the world. 4 ¼” x 8” receipt from Ristorante Passetto, Rome, Italy, March 30, 1953, signed in pencil.

 

 

 $250 to $400


564.  Greta Garbo
(1905-1990) Swedish-born actress. Garbo was an enigmatic superstar of silent films and early Hollywood “talkies” until her surprising retirement. She stopped making films in 1941 and settled in New York City. She dropped from public life entirely, and her solitary nature, combined with her earlier movie mystique, earned her a reputation as a romantic recluse. 4” x 8 ½” “Customs Declaration” completed and signed by Garbo upon her return to New York on April 25, 1976. She prints her name, date of birth, flight “Eastern 996,” and address, “450 E. 52nd N.Y.C.,” and signs after declaring that she is not carrying fruit, animal products, live organisms or has not visited a farm and was not carrying over $5,000. Normal immigration stamps and signatures not touching the signature. Includes a 5” x 7” black and white, matte finish, vintage image photograph. 


 

 

 

$3,000 to $5,000


565.  Betty Grable
(1916-1973) Actress. Grable was a major Hollywood star of the 1930s and 1940s, thanks to movies like Tin Pan Alley, Coney Island and Pin Up Girl. Grable’s shapely legs were legendary; at one point they were insured for over one million dollars. 8” x 10” black and white photograph signed, “To Bernard – Best Wishes from Betty.”  

 $100 to $200


566.  Betty Grable.
8” x 10” matte finish, black and white photograph signed, “To Charley – Best wishes for good health and happy times. Betty Grable ’65.”  

 

 

$150 to $250

567.  Clark Gable (1901-1960) Actor. Gable was a popular leading man in the movies for nearly thirty years. His stature as a romantic hero was cemented as Rhett Butler, opposite Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind. 5” x 2” album page signed, matted with a photograph of Gable and Leigh to 14” x 18”. 

 


$200 to $400

 

568.  Ava Gardner (1922-1990) Actress. Gardner was best-known films include Showboat and The Barefoot Contessa. She received her only Oscar nomination for Mogambo. Check signed, Security First National Bank, June 21, 1966, payable to her stock brocker for the purchase of 400 shares of Itek stock. The cancellations are away from the signature. Matted with a photograph to 16” x 20”. 

 $150 to $250

569.  Alec Guiness (1914-2000) British actor. Guinness is known to modern audiences as the man who played “Ben” Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars films. He was noted for his versatility and disguise. In his career, which spanned more than half a century, he performed in a wide range of roles on stage, in films, and for television. 5 ½” x 3 ½” black and white photograph signed, “For Edward J. Quinn, Good wishes, Alec Guiness.” 

 $100 to $200

570.  Margaret Hamilton (1902-1985) Actress. Hamilton played the nasty, cackling Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. 10” x 8” black and white movie still from The Wizard of Oz, with Hamilton as and her alter-ego in Kansas, the dog-hating Miss Gulch, signed “For World Wide…Services - my best wishes - Margaret Hamilton….” She has added a sketch of a witch’s hat and broom.

$200 to $400

571.  Richard Harris (1930-2002) Irish actor. Harris appeared on stage and in many films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as King Arthur in Camelot, as Oliver Cromwell in Cromwell and for his portrayal of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films.  His book of poems, I, in the Membership of My Days, Random House, 1973, signed on the blank page facing the title page, “To Delores Thank You Richard Harris.” There is also a signed book plate affixed to the last page. No dust jacket, overall condition very good.


 

 

$100 to $200

 

 

572.  Richard Harris.  5” x 4” card signed. Matted with three printed photographs to 20” x 16”. 

 

$100 to $200

573.  William S. Hart (1870-1946) Actor. Hart was the most popular Western movie hero of the 1910s and the most revered Western movie actor of the silent era. 8 ½” x 5 ½” autograph letter signed, personal stationery, February 20, 1945, to Dr. Alfred Kaiser. “…I was forced to give up sending out photos some years ago. But I’m glad to subscribe my name….”  

 $200 to $300

574.  Tippi Hedren (1935-    ) Actress. Hedren is best known for her roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films: The Birds and the psychological thriller Marnie. 10” x 8” black and white photograph with Robert Taylor, signed in gold ink with her characteristic birds in flight.       Matted to 16” x 12”. 

$100 to $200

575.  Sonja Henie (1912-1969) Norwegian skater, actress. Henie was a figure skating champion who went from winning gold medals in three consecutive Winter Olympics to touring with an ice show and making movies in Hollywood. 8” x 10” black and white photograph, signed in red ink, “To Inger Best Wishes Sonya Henie.”

 

$150 to $300

576.  Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) Actress. Hepburn was known for her gracefully petite figure and for her air of playful elegance. Among her best-known films were Breakfast at Tiffany’s, My Fair Lady and Roman Holiday. She won the best actress Oscar for the latter and was nominated for Oscars four other times. 5” x 3 ½” card signed in green ink. 

$300 to $500

577.  Audrey Hepburn. 5” x 3” card signed, “To Bernard Sincerely Audrey Hepburn.” Includes a 4” x 5” printed black and white photograph with a printed signature.

$250 to $400

578.  Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) Actress. Hepburn won four Academy Awards in an acting career which lasted more than 60 years. She is perhaps best known for her role as a prim missionary opposite Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen. 6” x 8” typed letter signed, personal stationery, August 25, 1982, to Edward Quinn. “…I do not send or sign photographs….”  

 

$150 to $250

579.  William Holden (1918-1981) Actor. Holden is remembered for his role down-at-the-heels screenwriter Joe Gillis who is taken in by faded silent-screen star Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, for which Holden earned his first Best Actor Oscar nomination. Following this breakthrough film, he played a series of roles that combined good looks with cynical detachment, including the prisoner-of-war entrepreneur in Stalag 17, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.  5” x 3” bank document, signed. The document is a card closing his and his wife’s account at United California Bank, September 3, 1971, also signed by Ardis Holden. Matted with two printed photographs to 16” x 20”. 

$100 to $200

580.  Bob Hope (1903-2003) Comedian, actor. In 1940, Hope was teamed with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour for Road to Singapore, the first of the still-uproarious “Road” series that featured everything from in-jokes about Bob and Bing’s private lives to talking camels. 10 ½” x 13 ¼” complete copy of LIFE magazine, January 29, 1971, featuring Hope on the cover, signed. Bing Crosby (1903-1977) Singer, actor. First day of issue postal cover with the Christmas 1964 stamp and cachet, signed. The envelope is defaced with an authentication sticker at the lower right. Matted with the sheet music of I’ll Be Home for Christmas to 14” x 18”and Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996) Actress. 9” x 12” sheet music for But Beautiful from the film, Road to Rio with Hope, Lamour and Crosby pictured on a donkey, signed. 

 

 

 

 

$150 to $300

581.  Innerspace. A 1987 Academy Award-winning Warner Brothers science fiction comedy film produced by Steven Spielberg. The film was based on the classic 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage. 10” x 8” black and white promotional photograph signed by the principle cast members: Martin Short, Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid. Matted to 14” x 11”. 

$100 to $200

582.  Anne Jefferys (1923-    ) Actress. Jeffreys, after a spotty film career focused her attention to the stage and was at one time the highest-paid actress on the New York musical stage. In 1951, Jeffreys married her second husband, actor Robert Sterling, with whom she co-starred in the very popular TV sitcom Topper. Two 8” x 10” black and white photographs signed, both vintage images. The first signed, “For John, Happiness always, Anne Jeffreys,” and the second signed in gold ink.

 

 

 

$100 to $200


583.  Al Jolson
(1886-1950) Singer, actor. Jolson first sang “Mammy” in black face in 1909, and his style brought him fame and many imitators. The first of his many Broadway appearances was in La Belle Paree; his film work began with The Jazz Singer, the first major film with sound and a landmark in the history of motion pictures. 3” x 2” card signed, “Sincerely, Al Jolson.” Matted with a newspaper photograph to 5 ¼” x 9 ¼”.

 


$150 to $300

584.  Caroline Jones (1930-1983) Actress. Jones is best remembered for playing the role of Morticia Addams in the classic TV Series The Addams Family. 5” x 7” matte finish, black and white photograph signed, “Sincerely, Caroline Jones.” 

 

$150 to $300


584 A.  Boris Karloff
(1887-1969) Actor. Karloff was a distinguished character actor with a superb speaking voice. He was famous for his monster roles in Hollywood horror films, notably Frankenstein in 1931. 6 ¾” x 9” eighteen page program from the Opera House in Chicago where Karloff performed as “Mr. Darling” in Peter Pan, in 1951, signed on the cover. 

 

$200 to $350
 

585.  Don Knotts (1924-2006) Comic actor. Knotts is known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. 20” x 16” black and white movie still from the 1975 Disney film, The Apple Dumpling Gang signed. The photograph is also signed by co-star Tim Conway (1933-    ). Defaced with an authenticator’s sticker affixed to the lower right corner. 

 $50 to $100

586.  Alan Ladd (1913-1964) Actor. Ladd became most famous for his starring role as a gunfighter in the classic 1953 western Shane. 8” x 10” matte finish photograph signed, “L. Janinel Good luck Alan Ladd.” 

 

$150 to $250


587.  Vivien Leigh
(1913-1967) British actress.  Leigh will best be remembered as the defiant and beautiful Scarlett O’Hara, heroine of the 1939 movie classic Gone With the Wind. 4 ¾” x 6 ½” matte finish black and white photograph signed. 

 

$450 to $800


588.  Vivien Leigh
and Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) British actors. Olivier has been hailed as one of the twenieth century’s greatest classical actors and interpreters of Shakespeare. Dark-eyed, strong-jawed and intense, Olivier rapidly became a stage star in London and New York during the early 1930’s. By the end of the decade he had also become a glamorous Hollywood movie star. He and Leigh were married in 1961. 4 ½” x 3 ¾” sheet signed by Leigh and a 3 ½” x 5 ½” black and white photograph signed by Olivier. 

 

 

 

$400 to $700

589.  Carole Lombard (1908-1942) Actress. Lombard died at the age of 34 in a plane crash following a World War II war bond drive, the American film industry lost one of its most talented and intelligent actresses. Starting out in silent films as a Mack Sennett bathing beauty, she later epitomized screwball comedy in Twentieth Century, My Man Godfrey, for which she was nominated for an Oscar. She was married to Clark Gable at the time of her death. 6” x 3 ½” signature, “Cordially, Carole Lombard,” double matted with a vintage 10 ½” x 12” and framed in an Art Deco fashion to 18 ¼” x 24 ¼”.    

 

$500 to $800

590.  Bela Lugosi (1882-1956) Hungarian actor. Lugosi shot to stardom in the title role of the 1931 film version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and set the standard for movie vampires. 7 ¼” x 9 ¼” sepia toned photograph signed, “To Al good luck to a friend always Bela Lugosi.”  Mounted. A back note indicates that this photograph had been inscribed to the owner of the Papapango Lounge in the Fairmount Hotel in San Francisco and had been displayed there.  

 $900 to $1,600


591.  Jayne Mansfield
(1933-1967) Actress. Mansfield was famous for her bleached-blonde hair and ample bosom, both of which she displayed willingly in publicity photos and in Playboy magazine. She had roles in two dozen films in the 1950s and 1960s, including The Girl Can’t Help It, Kiss Them For Me, and Promises! Promises!  6 ½” x 9 ¾” original color photograph of Mansfield emerging from a swimming pool signed.

 

$900 to $1,600

592.  Jayne Mansfield. 8” x 10” matte finish black and white photograph of her performing, topless, signed “Much Love, Jayne Mansfield.”    

 

 

$500 to $1,000

593.  Mary Martin (1913-1990) Actress. Martin was a Broadway superstar in the 1950s, when she played spunky characters like Peter Pan and Maria von Trapp and won four Tony Awards in 13 years.  5” x 3 ¾” autograph letter signed, “Your loving, Mary,” Nossa Fazenda, March 14, 1973, to actress Joan Crawford. “Joan darling – Your warm message wrapped me ‘round with comfort when…I most needed it….” Includes the original envelope addressed by Martin. Matted with a photograph to 14” x 18”.

 

 

 

$100 to $200

594.  Lee Marvin (1924-1987) Actor. Marvin was one of the most rugged heroes of the big screen and one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the late 1960s. and actor Keenan Wynn (1916-1986) Wynn was the son of legendary comedian Ed Wynn.  Wynn appeared in hundreds of movies and television shows between 1934 and 1986. 10” x 8” black and white movie still from their 1967 film, Point Blank, signed by both actors. Wynn has added “Best Always.”   

$100 to $200

595.  Zeppo Marx (1901-1979) Comic actor. Marx appeared in only five Marx Brothers’ films. Generally not the center of attention, Zeppo functioned mainly as a bland romantic distraction to Groucho, Chico, and Harpo’s vaudeville-based comic craziness. Two checks signed, Security National Bank, March 1st and 12th, 1974. The cancellations are away from the signatures.   

$100 to $200

596.  Steve McQueen (1930-1980) Actor. McQueen was nicknamed “The King of Cool”. He was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s due to a popular “anti-hero” persona. McQueen was combative with directors and producers; regardless, he was able to command large salaries and was in high demand. 8” x 10 ½” black and white photograph, inscribed in French and signed in white ink against a dark background. There are three small clips in the right margin from a binder. 

$1,500 to $2,800

597.  (Marilyn Monroe) (1926-1962) Actress. Monroe epitomized the Hollywood sex symbol with her provocative clothes, champagne blond tresses, and breathless, whisper-voiced manner of speaking. An unsigned 6” x 8 ¼” rental agreement for the rental of a limo from Carey Cadillac Renting Co. of California, May 24, 1962. Marilyn was picked up at Fox Studios and taken shopping and returned home for a total of 43 miles at a cost of $92.43. 

 

$75 to $150

598.  (Marilyn Monroe). A 1” x 1” swatch of material from a pair of silk stockings which had been worn by Monroe with documentation indicating that the stockings had been given to an employee of the Parkside House in Surrey when Monroe was in England filming The Prince and the Showgirl. Matted with a 8” x 10” printed photograph and descriptive plaque. 

 

 

 

$75 to $100

599.  Jack Nicholson (1937-    ) Actor. Nicholson has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards, and he’s won three times: for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Terms of Endearment, and for As Good As It Gets. 8” x 10” color photograph from The Shining, signed “Nicholson.”     Matted to 11” x 14”. 

 

$100 to $200

600.  Michael O’Keefe (1955-    ) Actor. O’Keefe’s best known film role is Danny Noonan in the comedy film Caddyshack.  21 ¾” x 13 ¼” golf flag from “Bush Wood Country Club,” signed. 

 

$50 to $100


601.  Bettie Page
(1923-    ) Pin-up model. Page was a struggling actress when she began posing for photographs in the late 1940s. Her shapely figure, easy smile and trademark hairstyle, long black hair with bangs, made her a favorite. 11” x 14” black and white photograph of a topless Bettie decorating a Christmas tree, signed. The photograph is also signed by photographer Bunny Yeager. 

 

$250 to $400

602.  Bettie Page. 8” x 10” printed black and white topless photograph signed.  

 

 

$150 to $250


603.  Gregory Peck
(1916-2003) Actor. Peck was best known for his Oscar-winning role as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. Lean and handsome, Peck played stalwart and decent heroes in dozens of dramas, westerns and romances. 8” x 10” black and white photograph signed, “To John Cleary All good wishes Gregory Peck.” Matted to 11” x 14”.  

 

$200 to $400

604.  River Phoenix (1970-1993) Actor. Phoenix’s brief career was marked by critically-acclaimed performances in films such as Stand By Me and Running On Empty. Phoenix was on the cusp of becoming a successful adult actor when he overdosed on drugs and died on Halloween night, 1993. 8” x 10” black and white photograph signed, “To Edward, Peace & love. River Phoenix.”  

 

$300 to $500