CHARLES "DURANGO" STARRETT - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 277921
Price: $320.00
CHARLES STARRETT
B/w publicity photo of Starrett riding his horse, signed "Charles
'Durango' Starrett"
Inscribed photograph signed "George -/Thanks for sending this
picture/to me for autographing/We appreciate an old fan/and friend-/Charles
'Durango' Starrett". With pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. B/w,
10x7¾ overall, 9¼x7¼ image, one surface. Starrett (1903-1986, born in
Athol, Massachusetts) is best known for his portrayal of "The Durango Kid" in
a string of B-westerns in the 1940s and early 1950s. He spent his college
years playing football for Dartmouth, and upon graduation chose acting as his
profession. After a few years of stage work and vaudeville, Starrett signed with
Paramount in 1930 but never found the breakthrough role he needed to be a star
at the studio. In the mid-1930s, Starrett signed a long-term contract with
Columbia and starred in a multitude of B westerns for the studio. But his
most famous part, as the Durango Kid, was the role that both made and broke his
film career. Return of the Durango Kid (1945), kicked off a series of
nearly 70 Durango Kid films. But in the early 1950s, as the B western faded
into the horizon, Starrett retired from the screen. He passed away in 1986 at
the age of 82. Lightly creased and toned. Lightly spotted and light impressions
on image (not visible head-on). Paper loss on right edge. Otherwise in fine
condition.
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