FERNAND GRAVET - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 289362
Price: $240.00
FERNAND GRAVET
Very rare! Publicity photo for Warner Bros., wearing a natty scarf, inscribed
in person to collector Saul Goodman
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Saul/good wishes/Gravet". B/w,
8x10. Studio photo captioned in lower margin. Collector's ink stamp on verso
dates signature: October 2, 1938. Belgian actor Fernand Gravey (1905-1970),
billed Gravet in his American films, was appearing in European silent films in
his teens, but made his first English language film (Bitter Sweet)
in 1933. He had prominent roles in several Hollywood films of the late
1930s, including the starring role of Johann Strauss in The Great
Waltz (1938), promoted with the odd publicity campaign "rhymes with
gravy." In occupied France during World War II, he appeared in
German-approved films while playing a heroic role in the Underground. A star
in Europe, he made a few more English-language films in the 1960s, including
How to Steal a Million and The Madwoman of Chaillot.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.
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