FAST AND LOOSE MOVIE CAST - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: ROSALIND RUSSELL, ROBERT MONTGOMERY - HFSID 70250

FAST AND LOOSE MOVIE CAST: ROSALIND RUSSELL and ROBERT MONTGOMERY. Photograph signed: "Rosalind/Russell" and "Robert Montgomery". B/w, 10x8. Still from the 1939 film, Fast and Loose, the sequel to M-G-M's Fast Company (1938). Fast and Loose starred Russell as Garda Stone and Montgomery as her husband, Joel, a book-dealing couple who could not help getting involved in solving crimes. Based on characters created by Harry Kurnitz, the series was started by M-G-M (with Melvyn Douglas and Florence Rice as the stars of the first film) in an attempt to duplicate the success of its Thin Man films. Nominated for Best Actress Academy Awards for My Sister Eileen (1942), Sister Kenny (1946), Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) and Auntie Mame (1958), the beautiful and stylish ROSALIND RUSSELL (1908-1976)shone in romantic comedies. She was frequently cast as an efficient career girl who traded witticisms with her leading men, appearing in such films as His Girl Friday (1940) and Take a Letter Darling (1942). Known for her charity work, Russell received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1972. ROBERT MONTGOMERY (1904-1981) received Oscar nominations as Best Actor for Night Must Fall (1937) and Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). He began directing, first as an assistant to John Ford on They Were Expendable (1945). Montgomery had great success as a TV director in the 1950s, especially his Emmy-winning Robert Montgomery Presents (1950-1957). His daughter was actress Elizabeth Montgomery of Bewitched fame, who made her TV debut on her father's show. Creased at blank margins, which are stained and soiled, else fine condition.