FRAN ALLISON - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 24599
Price: $240.00
KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE
Fran.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To/The Straus/Movie and/Appreciation
Club/Sincerely/Fran Allison". B/w, 7x9.Kukla, Fran and Ollie
began in the imagination of Burr Tillstrom, a native Chicagoan who had put on
puppet shows since childhood. He created Kukla in 1936 and over time added the
rest of the Kuklapolitan Players, including Madame Ooglepuss, Oliver J. Dragon
(Ollie), Cecil Bill, Mercedes, Colonel Crackie, Beulah Witch and Fletcher
Rabbit. In 1947, Bill Eddy, the head of independent television station WBKB in
Chicago, offered Tillstrom his own TV show. Tillstrom quickly accepted.
Kukla, Fran and Ollie, co-starring radio actress, singer and former
schoolteacher Fran Allison, was televised from 1947-1957. Lightly creased.
Light paper clip impression at upper left background. Overall, fine
condition.
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