AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS AUCTION
Jul 22, 2020
Russia
 Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN
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THEATRE: Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) American Actress. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Bankh...

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Sold for: €110
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THEATRE: Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) American Actress. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Bankh...

 THEATRE: Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) American Actress. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Bankhead in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Dorothy Wilding and published by Picturegoer No. 297c. Signed by Bankhead in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image; Billie Burke (1884-1970) American Actress, famous for her portrayal of Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Early, vintage signed postcard photograph of Burke standing in a full length pose. Signed in bold fountain pen ink with her name alone across the image; Eille Norwood (1861-1948) British Actor, famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. A.L.S., Eille Norwood, two pages, small 4to, Holland Park Avenue, London, 26th September 1910 (?), to Miss. Waltsom (?). Norwood states that it would be a great pleasure to meet his correspondent, although remarking 'but I fear so dull a subject as myself is a bad choice for an “interview”', however continuing 'The question is a rendezvous! The theatre is hardly suitable, & my house is rather off the map, being a few minutes walk from Holland Park station on the Central London Tube. So what do you suggest? Will the house do……' and also explaining 'I am expecting calls to attend the rehearsals of the playlet (of which I am part author)…..next month at the Coliseum, but no doubt we can arrange.' Generally VG, 3

 


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