JOAN BLONDELL - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 44502

JOAN BLONDELL. Photograph inscribed and signed: "For Jerry/All that's good/always/Joan Blondell". B/w, 8x10. Photograph by Jack Mitchell, New York City. Pencil notes on verso date this photograph as: "11/25/74". In the year of this photograph, Blondell appeared in the made-for-TV movie, Three Comedies, and guest starred on the TV series, The Snoop Sisters. Nominated for the 1951 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (The Blue Veil), Joan Blondell (1906-1979) starred in films and on Broadway. She was starring on Broadway with James Cagney in 1929's Penny Arcade, and reprised her role in the 1930 film version, the first of six films (including Public Enemy, 1931) that she would make with Cagney. Her memorable films include A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) and The Cincinnati Kid (1965), and Blondell also appeared in several made-for-TV movies, was a featured performer on two series (Here Come the Brides, as Lottie, 1968-1970; Banyon, as Peggy Revere, 1972-1973) and made a number of TV guest appearances from 1951 through May 1979, just six months before her death on Christmas Day. Blondell's three husbands include George Barnes (1932-1936), Dick Powell, with whom she made ten musicals (September 19, 1936-July 14, 1944) and producer Michael Todd (1947-1950). Lightly creased and soiled at blank margins. Minor surface creases (not evident head on), light impression of writing at upper right background (not noticeable). Black mark at lower right blank margin. Overall, fine condition.