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Lot 886
Sale 1047 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Jun 17, 2022
Lots Close
Jun 28, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$1,200 -
1,600
Price Realized
$750
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Lot Description
[HOLLYWOOD]. A collection of over 60 photographs and correspondence, most autographed by leading ladies from the 1920s-1970s, including:
Approx. 50 silver gelatin photographs or photomechanical prints ranging in size from 5 x 7 in. to 8 x 10 in., autographed by the following actresses:
Joan Crawford, including 3 signed photographs and 5 TLsS, dated 31 January 1972, 19 December 1972, 24 April 1973, 16 January 1974, and 22 December 1976, each on "Joan Crawford" letterhead, 3 of which are accompanied by original envelopes with Joan Crawford's return address in Los Angeles, CA. -- Tallulah Bankhead. -- Mary Pickford (2). -- Lillian Gish. -- Claudette Colbert. -- Bette Davis. -- Barbara Stanwyck (signed page, presumably from book or magazine). -- Janet Gaynor. -- Mary Astor. -- Anita Page. -- Katharine Cornell, signed photograph with 5 x 8 3/4 in. handbill promoting Cornell's performance of the Antigone and the Tyrant at the Cox Theatre. -- Madge Bellamy. -- Jane Wyman. -- Frances Langford. -- Irene Dunne. -- Alice Faye. -- Jane Wyatt. -- Anne Baxter. -- Hedy Lamarr. -- Bebe Daniels. -- May Robson. -- Virginia Bruce. -- Alice Calhoun. -- Ruth Chatterton. -- Belle Bennett. -- Arline Judge (2). -- Phyllis Haver. -- Louise Fazenda. -- Sally Eilers. -- Claire Windsor. -- Evelyn Venable. -- Alice Terry (ink partially smeared). -- Estelle Taylor. -- Irene Rich (3). -- Betty Bronson. -- Mary Brian (possibly printed, but difficult to discern). -- Dolores Costello. -- Colleen Moore. -- Marjorie Rambeau. -- Dolores del Rio (signed page from magazine). -- Bessie Love. -- Marian Nixon (2). -- One actress whose name is difficult to discern.
[With:] 2 front covers of playbills for performances at the Fulton Theatre, one signed by Claudette Colbert, the other signed by Gene Tierney (corner and edge wear to each cover). -- A Rendezvous with a Dream. Printed sheet music signed on cover by Margaret Lewis. -- ALS from Angela Lansbury, 10 March 1979, on "Peter Shaw" letterhead, with his name crossed out. Lansbury states that she will not share personal knowledge about Richard Cromwell for a book being written by the recipient of the letter, Paul Palmer. -- 4 TLsS from those involved in the production of the children's program, Kukla, Fran and Ollie, including 13 March 1958 typed letter signed by Kukla & Ollie, 24 February 1955 and 25 January 1956 typed letters from producer Beulah Zachary, although 1955 letter may not actually be signed in Zachary's hand, and 8 June 1955 typed letter signed by puppeteer Burr Tillstrom. -- 7 x 9 1/4 in. printed portrait of Theda Bara.
Together, over 60 photographs and letters, condition generally good to near excellent.






