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Ida Lupino Signed Album Page

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Signed page from a vintage autograph album, circa 1936. Ms. Lupino has signed a large autograph in pencil, next to...

 


Victor Mature Signed Album Page

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Autograph in pencil on album page, from the collection of another actor of the same period. VICTOR MATURE (1913-1999) was...

 


Signed Autograph Card

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Beautiful signature in blue ink on autograph card. BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN (1911-1995) was an American film and television actress best known...

 


Mads Mikkelsen Signed Photo

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Pensive, cerebral 8" x 10" photo of and signed by the Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, who played Le Chief in...

 


Thomas Mitchell Signed Album Page

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Autograph in pencil on album page, while Mitchell was filming The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1939. From the collection...

 


Helena Modjeska Autograph

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Bold, florid autograph dated 1888, in fountain pen on 4x3 laid paper, scalloped on two sides. Helena Modjeska (1840-1909; actual...

 


Autograph Quotation Signed

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Unusual Autograph Quotation Signed by the famed actress Lillie Langtry in 1917, the last year she performed on stage in...

 


Veronica Lake Autograph on Album Page

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Autograph in pencil on album page. From the collection of another actor of the same period. Veronica Lake (1922-1973) was...

 


Charles Laughton Signature on Autograph Album Page

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Autograph in pencil on album page, signed during the filming of The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1939, in which...

 


Beatrice Lillie Autograph Sentiment

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Autograph Sentiment on 3" x 5" card. Beatrice Lillie (1894-1989) was a comic actress. She was born as Beatrice Gladys...