CHARLES D. COBURN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 03/02/1953 - HFSID 253727

CHARLES COBURN
Oscar-winning actor Charles Coburn signed this letter, typed on his personalized letterhead, in 1963 to buy tickets to a Masquers function.
Typed letter signed "Charles Coburn". Pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. 1 page, 8 ½ x11, on Coburn's personalized letterhead. California, March 2, 1953. Addressed to the Masquers, Hollywood, California. In full: "Gentlement: Enclosed find check in the amount of $27.50, in payment of four reservations to The Masquers 'Mr. & Mrs.' T.V. Dinner and Revel on Tuesday evening, March 7th. Masquer & Lady Charles Coburn and Mrs. Stephen N. Harris $12.50 Guests Mr. and Mrs. Alan Gray $15.00 $27.50. I will pick the tickets up at the door on my way in. With thanks and best wishes, Cordially yours, CHARLES COBURN". In 1953, Coburn starred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Trouble Along the Way and appeared in episodes of Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City, Lux Video Theatre and The Ford Television Theatre. Broadway actor, producer and director Coburn (1877-1961) did not appear in his first feature film (Of Human Hearts) until 1938, when he was 61. In 1940, he portrayed Dr. Henry Gordon, who unjustly amputated Drake McHugh's (Ronald Reagan) legs in Kings Row, resulting in the future President's greatest screen line (and title of his first autobiography): "Where's the rest of me?" Coburn was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (1941, The Devil and Miss Jones; 1943, The More the Merrier; 1946, The Green Years). He won in 1943 for his portrayal of elderly Benjamin Dingle, a likable business executive forced by the wartime housing shortage to share a Washington D.C. apartment with Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea. Lightly toned and creased. Folded twice and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition.