ARNY FREEMAN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 315575

ARNY FREEMAN
Vintage 3½x5½ image of the character actor in street clothes, outside the Coronet Theatre, where he was appearing in The Great Sebastians. Candid photo from the collection of Francis and Violet Zane.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Violet/All the best/Arny Freeman". B/w, 3½x5½ candid photo. Shown in front of the Coronet Theatre in 1956, where he was appearing in The Great Sebastians, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Arny Freeman (1908-1986) played small roles in several feature films, but was seen more often on TV and on Broadway stages. His stage credits commenced with a revival of A Streetcar Named Desire (1950), and included such works as Tovarich, Cactus Flower and The Sunshine Boys. His TV debut was on Captain Video (1949), and continued with multiple appearances on The Naked City, The Untouchables and Barney Miller until the year before his death. This photograph is from the collection of Francis and Violet Zane, Hawaii natives who moved to California in the 1920's. Francis Zane had a job at the historic Curran Theater and the San Francisco Opera House, which is where he began his massive collection, with photographs and materials ranging from the 1920's to 1960's. The location and luck of his occupation would land him smack dab in the middle of the celebrity world, allowing him to capture some of the most unique and interesting pieces of Hollywood History. Edges decoratively cut. Corners lightly worn. Lightly bowed. Fine condition.