CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 21985
Sale Price $115.00
Reg. $140.00
CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER
Cornelia Otis Skinner writes an autograph sentiment on an index card.
Autograph sentiment signed: "With every good wish-/Cornelia Otis
Skinner", 5x3 index card. The daughter of distinguished actor Cornelius
Skinner, Cornelia (1901-1979) was a gifted stage and screen character actress
and writer. She began her career with her father on Broadway in 1921's
Blood and Sand and appeared in five more shows until embarking in 1926 on
a three-year U.S. tour of a one-woman show she produced. In addition to writing
satirical and witty verse, Cornelia was the author of eight plays, including
The Pleasure of His Company (1958, with Samuel Taylor). She also
wrote essays, but is perhaps best known for Our Hearts Were Young and
Gay, a description of a European vacation she took with Emily Kimbrough.
Both works were made into feature films (Our Hearts Were Young and Gay,
1944; The Pleasure of His Company, 1961) in which Cornelia appeared. Her
film credits also include Kismet (1930). Fine
condition.
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