HENRY ARMETTA - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1935 - HFSID 289064
Price: $550.00
HENRY ARMETTA
Animated image in three piece suit, inscribed in person to collector
Saul Goodman
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To my friend/Strobel
[?]/My best wishes/Henry Armetta". B/w, 8x10. Collector's ink stamp
on verso dates signature July 3, 1935. Henry Armetta (1888-1945) was an
illegal-immigrant, 1902-style, stowing away on a boat from Italy. He found
success in Hollywood as a character actor, often playing stereotypical,
excitable Italians in comedies and not a few dramas, beginning in the silent
era. Laurel and Hardy fans may remember his as the flustered innkeeper in The
Devil's Brother (1933). His last film, A Bell for Adano, appeared
after his death. Saul Goodman (1919-2003), a New York business man by
day, pursued his love of film and theatre in the evening, making friends with
many celebrities. While other autograph seekers offered album leaves, Goodman
presented stars with snazzy photographs, a rarity then, to sign in fountain pen.
Either Armetta didn't know Goodman as well as did many other celebrities, or
he was making an inside joke with his inscription here, but the photo comes from
Goodman's famed collection of in person autographs. Lightly toned. Light surface
wear. Otherwise, fine condition.
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