FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1920 - HFSID 44158
Sale Price $510.00
Reg. $600.00
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
Sepia tone 6¼x9¼ publicity photograph of "The handsomest man in the
world" shown handsomely gazing towards the camera
Photograph Signed: "Sincerely/Francis X. Bushman". Sepia,
6¼x9¼. Photograph by Harrington, Joliet, Illinois. Circa 1920. In
1920, five years before he appeared in his most famous role, Messala in
Ben-Hur (1925), Bushman starred in Smiling All the Way. A
former sculptor's model, Francis Xavier Bushman (1883-1966) had a beautiful
physique which, combined with his handsome looks, propelled him to stardom in
pre-20s silents. Known as "the handsomest man in the world" and the first film
actor to be called "King of the Movies", he starred in 115 silent films between
1911 and 1914. Bushman made more than a million dollars a year during the silent
era, but lost his fortune in the Crash of 1929. After 1930, he appeared in
feature films sporadically, but became a star of radio soap operas. Bushman, who
later appeared in David and Bathsheba (1951), Sabrina (1954),
The Story of Mankind (1957) and Twelve to the Moon (1960), made
his last film, The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, in 1966, the year of
his death. Photographer's imprint at upper loop of the "h" in Bushman. White
marks at lower right edge. Fine condition.
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