JAMES "JIMMY" STEWART - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 283172

JAMES STEWART
Small 5x7 b/w publicity photo for You Can't Take It With You of Oscar-winning actor James Stewart in a tux. Signed with "Good Luck" by Stewart in blue ink.
Inscribed photograph signed "To Thomas Boyce/Good Luck/Jimmy Stewart" in blue ink. B/w, 5x7 overall, 4½x6¼ image, one surface, printed on cardstock. Columbia Pictures publicity photo for You Can't Take It With You (1938). Stewart (1908-1997, born in Indiana, Pennsylvania) starred in more recognized masterpieces of the American cinema than any other actor. In 1940, he won the Best Actor Academy Award for The Philadelphia Story,and he was nominated for Oscars in the same category for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), It's A Wonderful Life (1946), Harvey (1950) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959). Stewart, who was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1984, also appeared in You Can't Take It With You (1938), Destry Rides Again (1939), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Rear Window (1954), The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), Vertigo (1958) and a long list of other features. One of Alfred Hitchcock's favorite actors, Stewart appeared in no less than four Hitchcock movies: Rear Window, Vertigo, Rope (1948) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). Lightly toned and bowed. Signature has low contrast in places but is legible. Lightly discolored in bottom corners and on verso (no show-through). Lightly creased top corners. Otherwise in fine condition. Otherwise in fine condition.