GILBERT ROLAND - DOCUMENT SIGNED 04/20/1941 CO-SIGNED BY: CONSTANCE BENNETT - HFSID 280935
Price: $400.00
GILBERT ROLAND and CONSTANCE BENNETT
Actors Gilbert Roland and Constance Bennett signed this Marriage License in 1941 -
Roland with his birth name of "Luis Damaso Alonso". The two were married until their
divorce in 1946.
Document signed: "Luis Damaso Alonso" and "Constance Bennett" as Contracting Parties.
Also signed by the Clerk of the Yuma County, Arizona Superior Court, the minister who
performed the marriage ceremony and two witnesses, 1p, 8¼x13½, docketed on verso. 1941
April 20. Roland and Bennett signed this Marriage License to certify that they were married in
Yuma, Arizona on April 20, 1941 by the Reverend J. C. Bobb. They were married until their
divorce in June 20, 1946. It was the first of two marriages for Roland and the fourth of five
marriages for Bennett. In a movie career of more than half a century (1925-1982), GILBERT
ROLAND (1905-1994, born Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso in Juárez) played dashing
leading men in both silent and talking films. Originally trained as a bullfighter, he was the
only genuine Mexican to portray the Cisco Kid on screen (in eleven films). Roland received
two Golden Globe nominations as Best Supporting Actor for The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964). The sister of actress Joan Bennett, CONSTANCE
BENNETT (1905-1965) appeared in silent movies of the 1920s, then returned to movies
in the 1930s in fallen woman and light comedy roles. Her films included Topper (1937)
and Paris Underground (which she also produced, 1945). Lightly toned. Roland's signature
has bled lightly but is legible. Bennett's signature is lightly smeared but legible. Some
signatures touch. Fold creases. Otherwise, fine condition.
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