CORNEL WILDE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/24/1960 - HFSID 343496
Sale Price $250.00
Reg. $320.00
CORNEL WILDE
The actor fills out and signs this check for the amount of $25 in green ink
Check signed: "Cornel Wilde" in green ink, 6x2¾. December 24, 1960. Check drawn on the
joint account of Cornel Wilde and Jean Wallace Wilde at Security First National Bank, Los
Angeles, California. Payable for $25.00 to John Walasek with endorsement on verso. Endorser
merits further research. The film career of multilingual Cornel Wilde (1912-1989) took off
when he earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role as Chopin in A Song to
Remember (1945). Other big roles followed in pictures such as Forever Amber (1947) and
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). Wilde, who produced many of his own films, often
starred in historical epics (Constantine and the Cross, 1962). His last starring role was in The
Norseman (1978). Interestingly, Wilde gave up a spot on the 1936 U.S. Olympic fencing
team to pursue an acting career. In fact, he served as a fencing instructor for the
Broadway version of Olivier's Hamlet (1940). Corners rounded. Vertical folding creases.
Bank stamps throughout. Ink notes (unknown hand) on front and verso. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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