DOUGLASS MONTGOMERY - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1935 - HFSID 289394

DOUGLASS MONTGOMERY
Vintage photo, a serious looking image, inscribed in person to collector Saul Goodman
Photograph inscribed and signed: "Saul,/Thank you./Douglass Montgomery". Collector's ink stamp on verso dates signature: September 4, 1935. 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. Saul Goodman (1919-2003), a New York business man by day, pursued his love of film and theatre in the evening, making friends with many celebrities. While other autograph seekers offered album leaves, Goodman presented stars with snazzy photographs, a rarity then, to sign in fountain pen. Corners worn and creased. Lightly toned around edges. Otherwise, Fine condition.