ALLENE ROBERTS - DOCUMENT DOUBLE SIGNED 05/26/1947 - HFSID 288986
Price: $700.00
ALLENE ROBERTS
Consent form authorizing the Motion Picture Relief Fund to reproduce Roberts'
signature and likeness for a series of stamps raising money for needy film industry
veterans. She has signed twice, once as an autograph sample and again to grant
permission. A remarkable, perfectly verified example of a rare signature!
Document signed twice: "Allene Roberts", 1 page, 8½x11. Hollywood, California, 1947 May
26. Roberts grants to the Motion Picture Relief Fund, Inc., its successors and assigns, the
exclusive right to use her name, autograph, photographic likeness, or artist's sketch of the
likeness, for reproduction on engraved, embossed or printed stamps, and in stamp albums, and
in connection with the advertising and exploitation of these stamps and stamp albums for sale
throughout the world. Allene Roberts (1928-2019) made her film debut in the sleeper hit
The Red House (1947). Before retiring from the big screen in 1954, she starred in Knock on
Any Door and Union Station. She continued to do TV guest spots, including three
episodes of The Adventures of Superman and six of Dragnet. The Motion Picture Relief
Fund was founded in 1921 to assist ill and needy film industry veterans, as expressed in its
motto: "We take care of our own." The fund raised money through voluntary payroll
deductions and celebrity events. As President of the Fund from 1939 until his death in
1956, film and radio star Jean Hersholt conceived Hollywood Star Stamps as a
fundraising method. These stamps, 468 in all, were sold at dime stores after World War II in
sheets of 6-12, at 10 cents per sheet, and were an immediate hit with collectors. Now called
the Motion Picture and Television Fund, the non-profit organization funds its own hospital
and retirement home. It confers the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award annually at the
Academy Awards ceremony to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose
humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry." Filing holes at left edge. Staple holes
at top edge. Lightly toned and creased. Otherwise, fine condition.
Following offer submission users will be contacted at their account email address within 48 hours. Our response will be to accept your offer, decline your offer or send you a final counteroffer. All offers can be viewed from within the "Offer Review" area of your HistoryForSale account. Please review the Make Offer Terms prior to making an offer.
If you have not received an offer acceptance or counter-offer email within 24-hours please check your spam/junk email folder.