GEORGE JESSEL - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 181379
Price: $200.00
GEORGE JESSEL. Photograph signed: "George/Jessel".
Depicted in his U.S.O. uniform. Multitalented entertainer George
Jessel (1898-1981), who became known as the "Toastmaster General of the United
States" for his frequent role as Master of Ceremonies at entertainment and
political gatherings, entertained troops overseas and at home as part of the
U.S.O. Jessel had appeared in vaudeville (he was a partner of Eddie Cantor at
age 11) and on Broadway before having a radio show, That's My Kid.
Jessel, who had done several silent films for Warner Bros., starred on Broadway
in The Jazz Singer but when the studio refused to meet his salary demands
for the film, the first "talkie", he turned down the movie role, which
eventually went to Al Jolson. By 1945, Jessel, who was well known for his
Broadway and nightclub work, was producing musicals for 20th Century-Fox. One
of the original founding members of the California branch of the Friars Club
(1946), Jessel also traveled widely to raise funds for various causes. In 1969,
he was awarded the Jean Hershold Humanitarian Award, a special Oscar, for
his charity work. Jessel, who was married to actress Norma Talmadge from
1934-1939, wrote two volumes of memoirs, So Help Me (1943) and This
Way, Miss (1955), and also wrote eulogies for many of his Hollywood
contemporaries. Fine condition.
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