JEAN HERSHOLT - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 289904
Price: $400.00
JEAN HERSHOLT
B/w 5x7 photograph of the actor looking to the right with a pipe in
his mouth
Inscribed Photograph signed: "To Maxine Lieberman/Best wishes
from/Jean Hersholt", B/w 5x7. Danish actor Jean Hersholt's (1886-1956)
screen image was altered permanently in 1936 when he was cast as Dr. Dafoe,
the Canadian obstetrician who delivered the celebrated Dionne Quintuplets, in
20th Century-Fox's The Country Doctor. Plans to create a Dr. Dafoe movie
series were blocked by the real Dafoe, but Hersholt was anxious to sustain
the characterization of a beneficent, lovable small-town doctor. Thus Dr.
Christian, named for Hersholt's favorite author, Hans Christian Andersen, was
born. The actor created the role of Dr. Christian on radio in 1937 and
then filmed a series of six Christian movies for RKO (1939-1941).
Extending the ethics and generosity of Dr. Christian into his private life,
Hersholt set up the Motion Picture Relief Fund, which provided medical care
and a livable income for actors, directors and other studio employees who were
no longer able to care for themselves. While serving as President of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he received two honorary Academy
Awards for his charity work (1940, 1950). Lightly creased. Lightly worn.
Pencil note (unknown hand). Otherwise, fine condition.
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