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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 | 
