ALAN J. PAKULA - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 1972 CO-SIGNED BY: CARTER DEHAVEN, DAVID BROWN, ALFRED C. ULMER JR., SERENA SINCLAIR - HFSID 324829

ALAN J. PAKULA, CARTER DeHAVEN, DAVID BROWN, and others
A sign in sheet bearing 19 signatures of prominent entertainers and personalities, including director Alan J. Pakula, producer David Brown, and actor Carter De Haven
Autograph sentiment signed: "Carter De Haven 67 Chester Square", "David Brown 3 Whatelands House, SW 3", "Alan J. Pakula 23 Bruton St, London", "Alfred C. Ulmer Jr. 9 Eaton Square London S.W", "Serena Sinclair Daily Telegraph", and 5 unidentified.2 pages (front and verso. These signatures merit further research: "Daniel J. Silvers", "Michelle Svellan", "David Guesa", "Louis Srybnik", "Janio Hay", "Mrs. Mitch Singer", "Alex Murray, "Vivienne Clements". ALAN J. PAKULA (1928-1998, born in the Bronx, New York) was an American film producer, writer and screenwriter. He produced Fear Strikes Out (1957), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Love With the Proper Stranger (1963), and Up the Down Staircase (1967), among others,. He also produced and direct The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) and Klute (1971), All the President's Men (1976), and Comes a Horseman (1978). Pakula earned Oscar nominations for three movies: To Kill a Mockingbird (Best Picture), All the President's Men (1976, Best Director) and Sophie's Choice (1982; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). He also directed 8 different actors in Oscar-nominated roles, three of whom (Jane Fonda, Jason Robards and Meryl Streep) went on to win. DAVID BROWN (1916-2010) produced the blockbuster Jaws in 1975 and its sequel Jaws 2 in 1978. His other film credits include The Sugarland Express (1974), The Island (1980), Cocoon (1985), Driving Miss Daisy (1989, Executive Producer), A Few Good Men (1992), Deep Impact (1998), Angela's Ashes (1999), Chocolat (2000) and Along Came a Spider (2001). Brown was honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1990. Vaudevillian turned film actor, writer and director CARTER DeHAVEN (1886-1977) did most of his work in the silent era, but he made cameo appearances into the TV era, his last being a spot on Bewitched (1965). In Character Studies (1927), he did uncanny imitations of many Hollywood stars, including Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Fatty Arbuckle, Douglas Fairbanks, and a young Jackie Coogan. He was the father of actress Gloria De Haven. ALFRED C. ULMER, JR. (1916-2000) was an Intelligence Officer for the Navy during World War II, joining the Office of Strategic Services in 1945 until the OSS was disbanded shortly after. He was then recruited by the newly formed CIA, becoming head of the Strategic Services Unit (SSU) in Austria. However, this position was soon liquidated as well, and Ulmer subsequently traveled to several different offices in Indonesia, Athens, and Paris. Ulmer received an Intelligence Medal of Merit in 1962 upon his retirement. SERENA SINCLAIR was a fashion correspondent for The Daily Telegraph in the 1970's. Toned on outer margins. Left edge frayed and notched. Soiled with fingerprints and stains around outer edges. Slightly creased. Some signatures slightly smeared, but clearly legible. Otherwise, fine condition.