HARRY WIERE - MAGAZINE ADVERTISEMENT SIGNED - HFSID 56970

HARRY WIERE
1941 b/w magazine ad for The Great American Broadcast, which featured comedy trio The Wiere Brothers. Signed "Wiere Bros" by Harry Wiere.
Magazine advertisement signed "Wiere Bros". With pencil notations at top edge in unknown hand. B/w, 7¾x11¼. Full-page ad from the June 1941 edition of an unknown magazine for The Great American Broadcast (1941). HARRY WIERE (1906-1992, born in Berlin, Germany) was one-third of the comedy trio The Wiere Brothers, which included his brothers HERBERT WIERE (1908-1999, born in Vienna, Austira) and SYLVESTER WIERE (1909-1970, born in Prauge, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, now the Czech Rebublic). The three started performing on stage in 1922 and made their American debut in 1935. Highly talented, the Wiere Brothers worked comedy into an act that included singing, dancing, acrobatics and playing a myriad of instruments. They were headliners in theatres and night clubs, but Hollywood didn't utilize their talents very often. Highlights of their film careers include cameos in the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby "Road" comedy Road to Rio (1947) and Elvis Presley's Double Trouble (1967), their last film appearance. They also had their own TV series, Oh, Those Bells (1962). The Wiere Brothers went into semi-retirement after Sylvester's death. Lightly toned, soiled and creased. Page is missing upper left corner. Lightly torn at top, left and bottom edge. Lightly nicked at right edge. Folded once vertically and thrice horizontally. Lightly torn at top, left and bottom edge along folds. Otherwise in fine condition.