DOUGLASS MONTGOMERY - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: BILLY TERNENT - HFSID 165651

DOUGLASS MONTGOMERY and BILLY TERNANT
The actor and musician sign their names on opposite sides of a 6x4½ album leaf
Autograph sentiment signed: "Good Luck!/Douglass Montgomery", "'She's so Lovely'/Billy Ternant/The one on the/top of the Pay", 6x4½ album leaf. An actor whose career might have been hampered by a succession of screen names, Douglass Montgomery (1907-1966) was born Robert Douglass Montgomery. On stage in his teens, MGM scouts nabbed him and changed his name to Kent Douglass for films in the 1930s. A perfectly dashing, romantic presence similar to Leslie Howard, the fair-haired young man played second leads opposite some of MGM's powerhouse ladies, including Joan Crawford in Paid (1930) and Katharine Hepburn in Little Women (1933). By this time his moniker had been changed again to Douglass Montgomery; he was loaned out to other studios for The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) and Harmony Lane (1936), in which he portrayed composer Stephen Foster, and Bob Hope's comedy classic The Cat and the Canary (1939). By WWII, his career had waned and he enlisted with the Canadian infantry. He later starred in a few British films. BILLY TERNANT (b. 1899), who headed one of Britain's most popular big bands, backed Frank Sinatra on his tour of Britain in 1953. Show through of ink from unidentified signers on verso. Lightly shaded edges. Irregular right edge due to removal from book. Toned on outer margins. Light surface creases. Slightly soiled. One unknown signature. Otherwise, fine condition.