DON AMECHE - DOCUMENT DOUBLE SIGNED - HFSID 168558
Price: $200.00
DON AMECHE
Don Ameche double signs an Authorization to pay the Motion Picture
Red Cross Committee $1000.
Document Signed Twice: "Don Ameche", 1p, 5x4. Hollywood,
California, no date. Authorization for payment of $1000 to the Motion
Picture Red Cross Committee. Ameche has also filled in the studio name and
amount of payment. 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). Lightly
creased. File holes at left edge with tears from removal from book. Overall,
fine condition.
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