EDMUND LOWE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/13/1928 - HFSID 290172

EDMUND LOWE
Handwritten note authorizing his sister in law to remove financial documents from his bank box. An itemized receipt for the items appears on the same page.
Autograph Letter signed: "Edmund S. Low", 1 page, 6x8. Hollywood, California, 1928 December 13. In full: "Kindly admit bearer Miss Kitty Tashman, to my safe deposit box and oblige." Itemized, handwritten receipt the securities removed follows, witnessed, and signed twice "Kitty Tashman". American actor Edmund Lowe (1890-1971) worked as a teacher before joining a stock company in Los Angeles, California. He debuted on the silver screen in 1915's The Wild Olive, the first of over 120 film appearances, and made his Broadway debut in 1917's The Brat, the first of his 12 plays on the Great White Way. He became a popular leading man in elegant roles, but made a name for himself as the hellraising Sergeant Quirt in the 1927 film version of What Price Glory? This movie led to several sequels with Lowe and Victor McLaglen as Quirt's rival Flagg, with their signature taglines "Sez you? Sez me!" Lowe made his break into television in 1949; he's probably best known in this medium for his role as David Chase in Front Page Detective (1951). Lowe, who was gay, had a marriage of convenience with lesbian actress Lilyan Tashman from 1925 until her early death in 1934. Kitty Tashman was Lilyan's sister. Mailing fold through center. Right edge frayed. Otherwise, fine condition.