DON AMECHE - MATCH BOOK SIGNED CIRCA 1964 - HFSID 51226
Price: $80.00
DON AMECHE
Don Ameche signs a matchbook in black ink.
Matchbook signed: "Don Ameche", 4½x1½. 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). Pencil and ink notes on
verso (unknown hand). Slightly shaded edges. Overall, fine
condition.
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