[HOLLYWOOD]. A collection of over 120 photographs and correspondence, most autographed by leading men from the 1920s-1970s, including:

Approx. 110 silver gelatin photographs or photomechanical prints ranging in size from 5 x 7 in. to 8 x 10 in., autographed by the following actors:

Clint Eastwood (2). -- Robert Montgomery. -- Eddie Bracken. -- Conrad Nagel (2). -- George Brent. -- Alan Ladd. -- Dana Andrews. -- Thomas Meighan. -- Ralph Bellamy. -- Ricardo Cortez. -- John Gavin. -- Randolph Scott. -- Walter Pidgeon. -- Sydney Chaplin. -- Fred MacMurray. -- Charles "Buddy" Rogers. -- Maurice Chevalier. -- Fred Astaire. -- Harry Langdon. -- Zachary Scott. -- Ned Rorem. -- Gene Raymond. -- John Roche. -- Craig Reynolds (2). -- Lyle Talbot. -- Dick Simmons. -- Nick Stuart. -- Stanley Smith. -- Charles Starrett. -- Phillip Terry. -- Michael Whalen (3). -- Chuck Scarborough. -- Nelson Eddy (2). -- Richard Dix. -- Brian Donlevy. -- Eddie Dowling (signed page from magazine). -- Pierre Gendron. -- Charles Farrell (4, including 2 signed photographs and 2 signed postcards). -- Lou Hall. -- Warren Hull. -- Richard Greene. -- Robert Kent. -- Glenn Hunter. -- Patric Knowles, 1 signed photograph and 1 ANS dated 29 October 1974 on "Patric Knowles" letterhead, with comments about Richard Cromwell's acting. -- Dick Foran. -- Edmund Lowe. -- Eric Linden. -- Scott McKay. -- Douglass Montgomery. -- James Melton. -- Eugene O'Brien. -- John Payne. -- Franklin Pangborn. -- George Raft. -- Eddie Quillan. -- Helmut Dantine (4).

Joel McCrea. -- William Haines. -- Henry Fonda. -- Quentin Crisp. -- Turban Bey. -- Tom Brown. -- Peter Brown. -- John Boles (2), with unsigned portrait. -- Leif Erikson. -- Maurice Braddell. -- Thomas Tryon. -- Steve Reeves. -- Armistead Maupin. -- Marcello Mastroianni. -- Sam Champion. -- Monte Blue. -- Ralph Forbes. -- Stewart Granger. -- John Gilbert. -- George Montgomery. -- James Cagney. -- Ben Lyons. -- Jack Holt. -- Jeremy Irons, including 1 signed photograph and 1 TLS dated 17 March 1985 on "Jeremy Irons" letterhead. -- Brian Aherne, including 2 signed photographs and 1 ALS dated 13 August (no year), on "Aherne" letterhead, in which he references his "foolish book." -- Neil Hamilton, including 6 signed photographs and 7 TLsS dating from 1970-1976, each addressed to Paul Palmer, two accompanied by original envelope. Some letters are brief while others contain more detailed, personable responses. -- Charles "Buddy" Rogers, including 4 signed photographs and 1 signed program from a performance at the Arcadia International Restaurant. -- Ben Lyon, including 1 photograph also signed by Bebe Daniels and 1 TLS dated 13 July 1976 on "Ben Lyon" letterhead, addressed to Paul Palmer. With printed promotional card from Radio Keith Orpheum picturing actors and actresses including Bebe Daniels. -- Beverley Nichols, including 1 signed photograph, 1 unsigned photograph, 1 signed typescript reply involving generalization of "youth," 1 page of written notes on chapters signed and dated by Nichols July 1970, 1 TLS dated 8 April 1938, on "One Ellerdale Close, Hampstead" letterhead, addressed to Mrs. Aspinwall, 1 TLS dated 18 July 1970 on "Sudbrook Cottage" letterhead, addressed to Miss Pauline Furness, 1 unsigned note believed to have been written in Nichols' hand. -- 4 photographs signed by actors with signatures that are difficult to discern. -- 5+ unsigned photographs of actors.

[With:] Robert Wagner TLS, 1 April 1971, on "The Thief" letterhead. -- Anthony Andrews, TLS, 19 April 1979, addressed to Paul Palmer, thanking him for his complementary letter and referencing a series he just finished up, Danger UXB, with original envelope and promotional image from the production. -- Harold Nicholson, 2 TLsS, dated 12 September 1938 and 1 September 1952. -- Jean Marsh TLS, 12 August 1975, on "London Weekend Television" letterhead. -- Frank Parker ANS, 6 January 1936, with "Frank Parker" stamped at top. -- John Palmer TLS, 8 October 1986, on personalized NBC letterhead. -- George Pal TLS, 22 October 1973, on Warner Bros. letterhead. -- Betty Furness TLS, 18 April 1983, on "NBC News" personalized letterhead. -- Abdel-Mawgoud Hassan TLS, 17 January 1957, on "Press Bureau / Egyptian Mission to the United Nations" letterhead. -- James Dickey TLS, 29 April 1972, on personalized letterhead, with reference to his novel Deliverance. -- Jack Warner TLS, 21 July 1972, on "Jack L. Warner's Production of 1776."

Together, over 120 photographs and letters, condition generally good to near excellent.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.