JACK LEMMON - INSCRIBED BOOK PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED - HFSID 279644

JACK LEMMON
He signs a book page featuring one of his scenes from Mister Roberts, inscribing it to legendary Hollywood makeup artist Emile LaVigne.
Book Photograph signed: "To Emeil [sic]/With my very/best wishes always -/Jack", 6½x10. Signed above a reproduced movie of himself and William Powell in Mister Roberts. A private school-educated everyman who could play outrageous comedy and wrenching tragedy, JACK LEMMON (1925-2001) burst onto the movie scene as a 1950s Columbia contract player and remained a beloved star until his death. Whether through humor or pathos, he excelled at illuminating the struggles of average men against a callous world; as director Billy Wilder once noted, "There was a little bit of genius in everything he did." Lemmon won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role as Ensign Pulver inMister Roberts. He also won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying garment manufacturer Harry Stoner in Save the Tiger. Lemmon received Best Actor Oscar nominations for Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses, The China Syndrome, Tribute and Missing. Makeup artist EMILE LA VIGNE (1913-1990) worked his magic on film sets for nearly 50 years, starting with Jack Haley's Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939, uncredited). A sampling of the famous movies featuring his wizardry includes Some Like It Hot, The Magnificent Seven, Irma La Douce, The Great Escape, Bullitt and Comes a Horseman. Fine condition.