GAZZO MICHAEL V.: (1923-1995) American playwright and actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in 1974 for his performance as Frank Pentangeli in The Godfather Part II. A rare signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Gazzo in a close-up head and shoulders pose smoking a cigarillo. Signed in black ink to a largely lighter area of the image. Further signed and inscribed by Gazzo with his initials to the verso, ´Chris - Thank you for your kind words, MVG´. Also annotated in ink in the hand of a collector to the upper edge of the verso, indicating that the autograph was received in November 1994. About EX