GILBERT ROLAND - TYPED LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 280936

GILBERT ROLAND
This typed letter, signed by actor Gilbert Roland, is stapled to a manila folder containing 21 unsigned photos, most of Roland. According to the letter, "These are some of the types of costumes destroyed by the fire."
Typed letter signed "Gilbert Roland". 1 page, 8¼x5¼, stapled to the back of an 8¼x10½ personalized manila envelope. In full: "Dear Miss C; These are some of the types of costumes destroyed by the fire. Notice the 'poncho' in the scene by the camp fire. It was bought in Mexico for this special purpose. Also notice the beautiful girls. Sincerely". Lightly toned and creased. Envelope is torn open at right edge and top left and bottom right corners. Envelope was neatly opened at top edge with staples on front near flap. Otherwise in fine condition. Accompanied by: 21unsignedb/w photos, most 10x8. These photos are mostly unidentified but include 8 western movie stills, 1 from MGM's Apache War Smoke (1952) and the rest unidentified. They also include 4 publicity photos of Roland from Helen Ferguson Public Relations in Beverly Hills, California; 6 baby photos, possibly of Roland's two children by first wife Constance Bennett; 1 photo of Roland in costume and on the set of a western movie; and 2 identical photos of an unidentified painting. Lightly toned, cracked creased and bowed. Light impressions and scratches on images of some photos. Binder holes along one edge of some photos. Developing and negative errors in some photos. Missing bottom right corner on Apache War Smoke still. Photos of painting are discolored at edges. Otherwise in fine condition. In a movie career of more than half a century (1925-1982), Roland (1905-1994, born Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso in Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico) 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).