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ACTORS - ACTORS: A good selection of vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photographs by various film actors comprising Robert Ryan (in costume as Reno Smith, opposite actor Dean Jagger, in costume as Sheriff Tim Horn, in a scene from the American neo-Western film Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955), Mel Ferrer (in costume as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky from the epic historical drama film War and Peace, 1956), George Peppard (depicting him in a head and shoulders pose in costume as John Shay from the British cold war neo noir spy thriller film The Executioner, 1970), Stewart Granger (2; one depicting him in a half-length profile pose, in costume as Andre Moreau, opposite actress Eleanor Parker, in costume as Lenore, in a scene from the romantic swashbuckler film Scaramouche , 1952, and the other showing Granger standing in a three-quarter length pose in costume as Jeremy Fox, opposite a lady wearing a blindfold, in a scene from the film Moonfleet, 1955, directed by Fritz Lang) and Peter Strauss (standing in a full-length pose, in costume as Honus Gant, alongside Candice Bergen, in costume as Kathy Maribel ‘Cresta’ Lee, in a scene from the American Revisionist Western film Soldier Blue , 1970). Most are boldly signed, all in fountain pen inks, to largely clear areas of the images. One with a small tear to one edge and a few light surface and corner creases, generally VG, 6 Provenance: The present photographs originate from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink.