FRANCIS LEDERER - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED - HFSID 159528
Price: $200.00
FRANCIS LEDERER
Black and white publicity picture postcard of a younger Francis
Lederer wearing a tie and shirt.
Picture postcard signed: "Francis Lederer". B/w, 3½x5 overall,
image 3x4¼ (one surface).Name imprinted at bottom margin. Francis
Lederer (1899-2000, born Frantisek Lederer in Prague, Bohemia,
Austria-Hungary, now the Czech Republic) was an American actor with over 60
movies and TV shows to his credit. Lederer got his start on the stage and
in the German film industry, where he was billed as Franz Lederer and was
amajor star.He debuted on Broadway in 1932, the first of
four Broadway appearances, where he was "discovered" and brought to Hollywood.
He specialized in roles as an outgoing, naïve foreigner manipulated by
Englishmen or Americans in such films as Man of Two Worlds (1934),
Romance in Manhattan (1934) and One Rainy Afternoon (1936),
graduating to roles as villains, cynics, sophisticated scoundrels and even a
turn as Dracula in The Return of Dracula (1958). One of his best
performances was in Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), where he played a
disgruntled member of the German American Bund. He retired from films in
1958, having made his fortune in real estate. Lightly worn and stained at
edges. Otherwise, fine condition.
Following offer submission users will be contacted at their account email address within 48 hours. Our response will be to accept your offer, decline your offer or send you a final counteroffer. All offers can be viewed from within the "Offer Review" area of your HistoryForSale account. Please review the Make Offer Terms prior to making an offer.
If you have not received an offer acceptance or counter-offer email within 24-hours please check your spam/junk email folder.
