CHARLES "BUDDY" ROGERS - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 270273
Price: $180.00
CHARLES "BUDDY" ROGERS
Writes a note to actress Phyllis Diller thanking her for a great
evening
Autograph Note signed: "Buddy", 1 page, 6¼x4¼. No place, no
date. On card imprinted "Chas. Buddy Rogers" to comedienne and actress
Phyllis Diller. Begins: "dear Phyllis". In full:
"Thanks for a great evening. Loved the music - but love you more".
CHARLES "BUDDY" ROGERS (1904-1999) played with a California-based swing
band in the 1930s, but was better known for his films. He debuted in the
silent film Wings (1927), which won the first-ever Oscar as best
picture. That same year the actor who would be known at the peak of his
popularity as "America's Boyfriend" was paired with "America's
Sweetheart", Mary Pickford, in My Best Girl. In 1937, Rogers became
Pickford's third and last husband. In later years he would often act as
spokesman for his increasingly reclusive wife. Rogers' other films include
Abie's Irish Rose (1928), Young Eagles (1930), Golden Hoofs
(1941) and his last starring role, An Innocent Affair (1948). Comedienne
PHYLLIS DILLER (1917-2012), known for her
outrageous appearance, zany outfits, distinctive laugh and a stand-up act that
featured frequent references to her fictional husband, "Fang", and zingers about
her sex appeal and numerous plastic surgeries, got her big break in March
1955 (at age 37), when she debuted at San Francisco's Purple Onion club. A
subsequent appearance on The Tonight Show hosted by Jack Paar launched
her national career, which got a big boost after Bob Hope saw Diller in a
Washington, D.C. club. A favorite of the comedian, Diller would appear in
three of Hope's films and 23 of his TV specials. Diller, who recorded her
first comedy record album in 1959, took her groundbreaking "funny hausfrau" act
to nightclubs and television variety shows and specials and she also appeared on
the big screen. Her feature film credits include Splendor in the Grass
(1961), The Fat Spy (1966), Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966),
The Sunshine Boys (1975) and The Silence of the Hams (1994), and
she provided the voice of the Queen in A Bug's Life (1998). By 2000, the
comedienne, who had trained as a concert pianist before her marriage (1939-1965)
to Sherwood Anderson Diller, had appeared as a piano soloist with 100
symphony orchestras across the U.S. Despite retiring from nightclub/stage
tours in May 2002 at the age of 84, Diller continued to make films
(Motorcross Kids, 2004; Forget About It, 2005) and occasionally
appear on TV programs, including two episodes of 7th Heaven (2002, 2003)
and a guest shot on The Wayne Brady Show (2004). Minor creases at lower
left and upper and lower right corners. Fine condition.
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