Description: This auction is brought to you by Classic Entertainment Autographs, one of the industry's best-known and most trusted sources for authentic signed material in the field of vintage entertainment! Up for grabs is the following item: Vintage 8x10-inch black and white 1941 Paramount Studios publicity portrait, boldly signed and inscribed inblack fountain pen in the early 1940s. Invery fine condition. Following a modestly successful career on stage in the 1920s and early 1930s, and lackluster leading roles in the box office flopsLiliom(1930) andThe Three Musketeers(1935), leading man Walter Abel was relegated to character work, where he, at long last, found his niche. With his clarion voice, wide smile and ever-present pencil mustache, he spent 60 years playing scores of well-groomed, sincere professional personages, within whom lurked streaks of barely controlled hysteria. Of particular note were his performances as the prosecuting attorney in Fritz Lang'sFury(1936), the dyspeptic newspaper editor inArise My Love(1940), Inspector Hammock inHold Back the Dawn(1942),Bing Crosby's and Fred Astaire's long-suffering agent inHoliday Inn(1942), George Trellis inMr. Skeffington(1944), and Colonel Fuller inIsland in the Sky(1953). One of his final roles was that of Mayor Adams in the John Carradine cult horror flickSilent Night, Bloody Nightin 1974, his only foray into that genre.
Price: 85 USD
Location: Maspeth, New York
End Time: 2025-01-21T02:11:26.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.95 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Industry: Movies
Signed: Yes
