JACK LEMMON - INSCRIBED SIGNATURE CO-SIGNED BY: STEVE ALLEN - HFSID 74577
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JACK LEMMON and STEVE ALLEN
The two Hollywood personalities pen their names on this album leaf
Inscribed Signature: "Best regards/to Dave-/Jack Lemmon", in black ink and on verso: "Best
regards/Steve Allen” , in blue felt tip, 5x4½ album leaf. Jack Lemmon 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 1956 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role as Ensign Pulver inMister
Roberts (1955). He also won the 1974 Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying
garment manufacturer Harry Stoner in Save the Tiger (1973). Lemmon received Best Actor
Oscar nominations for Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), Days of Wine and
Roses (1962), The China Syndrome (1979), Tribute (1980) and Missing (1982). Breaking
into showbiz as a radio disc jockey, the multitalented STEVE ALLEN (1921-2000) learned
that inserting humor into his broadcasts could drawn more viewers in than merely
announcing. In order to supply himself with an endless stream of material, he memorized
every joke book and "college humor" magazine that he could get his hands on; the result was
his uncanny ability to conjure up precisely the right wisecrack at the right time. Allen
received his first network exposure in 1949, and he was also featured in several films, including
Down Memory Lane (1949) and I'll Get By (1950). In 1953, Allen was hired to host a local
late-night program on New York's WNBC-TV, which later developed into the NBC
network's Tonight Show. Allen was also an accomplished composer (he wrote over 7,400
songs, including his signature song This Could Be The Start of Something Big) and piano
player, and he filled up his spare time by writing more than 50 books as well as plays and
magazine articles. Allen was married to actress Jayne Meadows from 1954 until his death.
Both Allen and Meadows were nominated for Emmy Awards for a joint guest appearance on
the TV series LA Law, and the couple also appeared together on Allen's memorable PBS
miniseries Meeting of Minds (1977-1981). Fine condition.
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