HAROLD RUSSELL - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 325348
Sale Price $234.00
Reg. $260.00
HAROLD RUSELL
Photograph of The Best Years of Our Lives actor signed to a
fan with best wishes
Inscribed photograph signed: "To Michael,/With Best Wishes/Harold
Russell", in black ink, B/w 8¼x10. Harold Russell (1914-2002) was
working as an explosives expert at an Army base in 1944 when a defective fuse
exploded a charge of TNT he was holding. Both of his hands were amputated.
Recommended by actor Dana Andrews, Russell was selected by Samuel Goldwyn to
play the part of Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives
(Andrews, who had met Russell while narrating an Army film on the
recuperation of wounded soldiers, played Fred Derry in The Best Years of Our
Lives). The script originally called for a wounded veteran returning home
from WWII; it was adapted to fit Russell's physical condition. Harold Russell
won two 1946 Academy Awards for his portrayal of Parrish: one for Best
Supporting Actor and the other, a special Oscar, for "bringing aid and
comfort to disabled veterans through the medium of motion pictures". In 1992,
Russell became the first and only actor to sell his Oscar (Best Supporting
Actor). An author and national commander of AMVETS (1949-1951,
1960-1970), Russell also served as chairman of President Johnson's Committee
on Hiring the Handicapped. Corners lightly worn and creased. Slightly toned.
Slight surface creases and dents (not seen head on). Otherwise, fine
condition.
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