ED WYNN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/17/1933 CO-SIGNED BY: LEON LEOPOLD - HFSID 46976

ED WYNN
Actor and comedian Ed Wynn signed this document in 1933 to appoint his brother Leon Leopold as trustee for 250 shares of stock in Minnylee, Inc. held by his first wife Hilda Keenan Wynn.
Document signed "Ed Wynn" in green ink and "Leon Leopold" in black ink.Also signed by Leon by two witnesses in black ink. 2 pages, 8½x11, single-sided sheets, with 1½-inch diameter raised notary seal at right edge of page 2. Jan. 17, 1933. Wynn signed this document to appoint Leopold as trustee for 250 shares of preferred stock in Minnylee, Inc. for his first wife Hilda Keenan Wynn. On April 26, 1931, ED WYNN (1886-1966), born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, made his first appearance as Texaco's "Fire Chief" before a live radio audience. His popular radio series The Texaco Fire Chief ran from 1932 to 1935. He later starred in CBS's first Los Angeles-based variety show, The Ed Wynn Show, from Oct. 6, 1949 to July 4, 1950. The show won the first Emmy Award for "Best Live Show" in 1949, and it would also win a Peabody Award. Wynn won the first Emmy for Most Outstanding Live Personality. He later appeared as Albert Dussell in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), which earned him a 1960 Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor, and in the TV movie Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956) with son Keenan Wynn. LEON LEOPOLD (1882 or 1883-1948) was Wynn's brother.Lightly toned and creased, otherwise in fine condition.