ESMOND KNIGHT - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 39837
Price: $280.00
ESMOND KNIGHT
Still from the Alfred Hitchcock film Still Waltzes from
Vienna, pictured with actress Fay Compton
Photograph signed: "Best wishes/Esmond Knight". B/w, 8x10.
Pictured with Fay Compton in the 1933 Alfred Hitchcock film, Still Waltzes
from Vienna, in which Knight portrayed Johann Strauss the Younger (Compton
was "The Countess"). British actor Esmond Knight (1906-1987) made his
stage debut in 1925 and appeared in his first film three years later. In May
1941, while serving in the Royal Navy, Knight lost the sight of one eye and was
temporarily totally blinded when his ship, The Prince of Wales, engaged
the German battleship, Bismarck, in battle. Ironically, Knight would
later play the Captain of his real-life ship in the 1960 film, Sink the
Bismarck. Knight, whose other feature films include A Canterbury
Tale (1944), Black Narcissus (1946), The Red Shoes (1947) and
Richard III (1955), died in London the day after he returned from Egypt,
where he was filming The Balkan Trilogy. Adequate contrast. Lower left
corner chipped away, ¼-inch tear at lower blank margin. Stamped and identifying
ink notes (unknown hand) on verso, which is soiled and stained. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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