JINX FALKENBURG - INSCRIBED LOBBY CARD SIGNED - HFSID 323619
Sale Price $250.00
Reg. $320.00
JINX FALKENBURG
Falkenburg pens her name with best wishes on a 14x11 lobby card for
the film Tahiti Nights
Inscribed lobby card signed: "To Clint/Best
wishes/Jinx/Falkenburg", Colorized 14x11. Jinx Falkenburg
(1919-2003), born Eugenia Lincoln Falkenburg, an actress, glamour
girl and radio and television star, is credited, along with her husband, Tex
McCrary, with helping to establish the talk show genre. Early in her career,
Falkenburg appeared in several films, including Nothing Sacred (1937),
Song of the Buckaroo (1939), Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942) and
The Gay Senorita and Tahiti Nights (both 1945). In 1945, she
married writer/photographer McCrary, with whom she hosted two radio talk shows,
Hi Jinx and Meet Ted and Jinx, and several television shows,
including At Home, an NBC show on which the couple interviewed guests in
their home, and The Swift Home Service Club, which offered household
hints and interviews. In the 1950s, the couple broadcast interviews with
celebrities from the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Manhattan, wrote a newspaper
column, and helped persuade Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for President.
Corners lightly worn. Small notch on bottom margin. Left edge slightly creased.
Toned. Pencil notes (unknown hand) on verso. Fine condition.
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