12th Mar, 2025 12:00
Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts
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DOUGLAS MELVYN: (1901-1981) (+3 nominees)
DOUGLAS MELVYN: (1901-1981) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1963 for his role as Homer Bannon in Hud and again in 1979 for his role as Benjamin Turnbull Rand in Being There. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, the Paramount Pictures publicity portrait depicting the actor in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. Together with John Huston (1906-1987) American film director and actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in 1963 for his performance as Cardinal Glennon in The Cardinal. Vintage signed 8 x 9 photograph of Huston in a head and shoulders pose in costume from his Oscar nominated performance as Cardinal Glennon from the American drama film The Cardinal. Signed in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the background. Also including two signed 8 x 10 photographs by two of the Best Supporting Actor nominees of 1979 comprising Frederic Forrest (for his performance as Houston Dyer in The Rose) and Mickey Rooney (for his performance as Henry Dailey in The Black Stallion). Both are signed in blue inks (Rooney in fountain pen ink) with their names alone to light areas of the images. VG to EX, 4
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DOUGLAS MELVYN: (1901-1981) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1963 for his role as Homer Bannon in Hud and again in 1979 for his role as Benjamin Turnbull Rand in Being There. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, the Paramount Pictures publicity portrait depicting the actor in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. Together with John Huston (1906-1987) American film director and actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in 1963 for his performance as Cardinal Glennon in The Cardinal. Vintage signed 8 x 9 photograph of Huston in a head and shoulders pose in costume from his Oscar nominated performance as Cardinal Glennon from the American drama film The Cardinal. Signed in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the background. Also including two signed 8 x 10 photographs by two of the Best Supporting Actor nominees of 1979 comprising Frederic Forrest (for his performance as Houston Dyer in The Rose) and Mickey Rooney (for his performance as Henry Dailey in The Black Stallion). Both are signed in blue inks (Rooney in fountain pen ink) with their names alone to light areas of the images. VG to EX, 4
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Auction: Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts, 12th Mar, 2025
