CULLEN LANDIS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/28/1966 - HFSID 214748

CULLEN LANDIS
The silent film star reminisces about the old days in a letter to a fan, signs name in blue ink
Typed letter signed: "Cullen Landis" in blue ink. 1 page, 7¼x10¼. Written on personal stationary. November 28, 1966. Addressed to a "Mr. Smith", in full: "Your nice letter awaited me on my return from Detroit. A last trip to the City, before the onset of Winter. I might add that it is snowing like mad right now. We live in the heart of fishing, hunting and skiing country, so there is never a dull season. Mrs. Landis and I love it and look forward to this time during all of our years abroad. - in Tehran - Manila - Kabul - Istanbul - Pnom Penh and Saigon. The era of silent films was a great one - everyone heled and it was a kinder business than it is now. I did disappear into the world of Industrial films, where I remained until War - #2 - I spend those years with the Signal Corps and went back to the Philippines with MacArthur in 1944. Then the Foreign Service, so you see I have never left the business at all. I do thank you for you kind words, and am sending a picture years later. Things were not as well regulated in my day - tho my wife of 36 years; swears she sent 25› and got a picture years ago. Many thanks again. Cordially". Cullen Landis (1896-1975) was an American motion picture actor and director, whose career began and his most remembered during Hollywood's silent film era, of which he was one of its most popular stars. He starred in the first "all-talking" motion picture Lights of New York (1928), later expressing that talkies were perfect for musicals and that he was no song and dance man. Landis left Hollywood for Detroit in 1930 where he produced and directed industrial films for automobile companies. His silent pictures include The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919), The Famous Mr. Fair (1923), A Broadway Butterfly (1925), The Crimson Flash (1927) and The Little Wild Girl (1928). Normal mailing folds. Toned. Light surface creased. Corners rounded. Adhesive residue in top margin. Pencil notes on verso in unknown hand. Otherwise, fine condition.