CHARLES "DURANGO" STARRETT - INSCRIBED SKETCH SIGNED 1980 - HFSID 15852
Price: $650.00
CHARLES STARRETT
Ink drawing of an apple tree in winter, drawn by Western actor
Charles Starrett in 1980 and signed "Now, wait for the blossoms - and apples
in 1981"
Inscribed sketch signed "1980/Apple Tree/(Mackintosh)/In
Winter/Merry Christmas, Karen-/Mow, wait for the blossoms/and apples in
1981/Charles 'Durango' Starrett". B/w, 4x4½ drawing on a 5x8 sheet of paper,
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 toned, creased and rippled. Folded twice and unfolded. Otherwise in fine
condition.
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