JAMES H. PIERCE - INSCRIBED SIGNATURE - HFSID 321854
Price: $90.00
JAMES H. PIERCE
The Tarzan actor inscribes his signature to a fan
Inscribed signature: "to-/Anthony/James H. Pierce", in black
ink, 5x3.
James H. Pierce (1900-1983) was an All-American football
center at Indiana U. After graduation, he moved to California to coach
football at Glendale High School, where one of his players would become a
film star under the name of John Wayne. He attended a life-changing party
at the home of Tarzan novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs, who asked him to
star in the next Tarzan movie. Accepting the Tarzan role required Pierce to
give up his projected lead role in the movie Wings, which instead boosted
a young Gary Cooper to stardom. Pierce never starred in another movie, although
he and Edgar Rice Burrough's daughter Joan, whom he married in 1928, were the
serialized radio voices of Tarzan and Jane (1932-1934). Pierce played supporting
roles in many films through 1951, often as a Western bad guy. In his later
years he searched in vain for a copy of Tarzan and the Golden Lion.
One was found only after his death. Corners slightly worn. Pencil notes (unknown
hand). Fine condition.
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