GAIL PATRICK - INSCRIBED SIGNATURE CO-SIGNED BY: DICK CROMWELL - HFSID 42785

GALE PATRICK and DICK CROMWELL. Inscribed signatures: "To Irma/from/Gail Patrick", and, on verso, "good luck Irma/Dick Cromwell", 5x4¼ goldenrod album leaf. Cutout photo, b/w, 1¼x2¼, of Cromwell at lower right corner on verso. Actress GAIL PATRICK (1911-1980), born Margaret La Velle Fitzpatrick, is best known for her "villainess" and "other woman" roles. Her film credits include If I Had a Million (1932, her screen debut), Death Takes a Holiday (1934), My Man Godfrey (1936), Stage Door (1937), Tales of Manhattan (1942), Women in Bondage (1943), Calendar Girl (1947) and The Inside Story (1948, her final film. From 1957-1966, Patrick and her third husband, Thomas Cornwall Jackson, Erle Stanley Gardner's literary agent, co-produced the Perry Mason television series. Patrick, who returned to acting to play a judge in the final episode (which also featured Gardner in a bit part), attempted to revive Mason with The New Perry Mason, starring Monte Markham, in 1973, following her divorce from Johnson, but the series was short-lived. RICHARD CROMWELL (1911-1980), born Roy M. Radabaugh, made his film debut in 1930 in The King of Jazz. Cast as a sensitive teenager, he gave memorable performances in This Day and Age (1933) and The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935). Cromwell, who was briefly married to actress Angela Lansbury in the 1940s, also appeared in Jezebel (1938), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), Baby Face Morgan (1942) and Bungalow 13 (1948, his last film). Creased at upper and lower blank margins. Stained at blank areas and on Cromwell's photo. Overall, fine condition.