GENE RAYMOND - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 344512
Price: $90.00
GENE RAYMOND
The stage and screen actor signs this First Day Cover honoring
Wisconsin
First Day Cover signed: "Gene Raymond" in black ink. 6½x3½.
First Day Cover honoring the Wisconsin Centennial. Postmarked Madison,
Wisconsin, May 29, 1948. 3c stamp affixed. FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. Gene
Raymond (1908-1998) first appeared on stage at age 5, and on Broadway
at age 12. Some of his best screen assignments include the anguished
death row inmate in If I Had a Million (1932), the renegade groundskeeper
in Zoo in Budapest (1933), the guy who won Dolores Del Rio in Flying
Down to Rio (1933), the stuffy "other man" in Hitchcock's Mr. and Mrs.
Smith (1941) and a glad-handing politico in The Best Man (1964). In
1948, Raymond produced, directed, co-wrote and starred in Million Dollar
Weekend. A B-17 bomber pilot over Germany in World War II, he remained in
the active reserves until 1968, long enough to fly airlifts in Vietnam, retire
as a Colonel and win many decorations, including the Legion of Merit. He was
married to actress Jeanette MacDonald from 1937 until her death in 1965.
Toned. Corners rounded. Lightly creased at top margin. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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