DON AMECHE - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 342360
Sale Price $215.00
Reg. $260.00
DON AMECHE
Official 20th Century Fox publicity photograph for Ameche, signed by
the actor to a fan (5½x7)
Inscribed photograph signed: "To/Rosalind Cosla/Greetings,/Don
Ameche", Sepia 5½x7.
Don Ameche (1908-1993) played mostly second leads until
1939, when he memorably played the title role in The Story of Alexander
Graham Bell. (For years afterward a telephone was often called an "ameche".
That same year he portrayed D'Artagnan in a musical comedy version of The
Three Musketeers, and he had major starring roles throughout the 1940s. (He
also co-starred with Frances Langford in the long-running radio series,
The Bickersons. Much less active in the next three decades,
despite some low budget films and TV guest roles, he made a big comeback in the
1980s. In 1985, Ameche starred in Cocoon and won the 1986 Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor. It was his only Oscar nomination. He
followed up that role to even more acclaim in 1988's concoction Things
Change. Before his death in 1993, Ameche rounded out his career with
short but acclaimed performances in Oscar (1991) and
Corrina, Corrina (1994). Corners lightly worn and creased. Edges
lightly worn. Slightly soiled. Tape on top corners of verso. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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