JOHN DEREK - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED CIRCA 09/1955 CO-SIGNED BY: WAYNE SHANKLIN, ART MOONEY - HFSID 25133

JOHN DEREK, ART MOONEY and WAYNE SHANKLIN
All pen notes to TV/Radio host George Sanders on this album leaf
Autograph Note Signed: "George/Thanks very/much/John Derek" in red pencil, 7¾x10. On verso: "To Geo -/Good Luck always/in all ways/Art/Mooney" and "To Geo -/With my heartfelt thanks for your/starting my record 'Jezebel' - and/I do remember./Wayne Shanklin". At upper margin on verso is an Autograph Note Signed: "Dick Lee". Dated: "Sept. 15, 1955". In full: "Your (sic) a great/platter partner,/George, with a facility/to add pleasure to the other/fellows (sic) work." We were unable to positively identify this signer. Captioned magazine photograph, b/w, 3½x1¼, affixed at lower right margin on front; photograph of Mooney, b/w, 1¾x2¾, affixed at right margin on verso. Inscribed to popular West Coast radio personality George Sanders. Actor, director, producer, cinematographer and writer JOHN DEREK (1926-1998), who made his film debut in 1944, appeared in such features as All the King's Men (1949), Mask of the Avenger (1951), The Ten Commandments (1956), Exodus (1960) and Nightmare in the Sun (1965). Derek was also seen on the small screen in the TV miniseries, Flair (1990), as well as in guest appearances on several series, from Lux Video Theatre (1954) to Frontier Circus (1962). At the 1981 RAZZIE Awards, Derek was nominated for his direction of Tarzan, The Ape Man, which starred his fourth wife, Bo Derek. He was married to four actresses, Pati Behrs (1951-1957), Ursula Andress (1957-1966), Linda Evans (1968-1974) and Bo Derek (1974 until his death); he photographed the latter three wives for "Playboy" magazine pictorials. In 1955, ART MOONEY (1911-1993) and his orchestra returned to the pop charts with his composition, "Honey Babe", which was featured in the MGM film, Battle Cry. The song spent more than four months on the best sellers charts, reaching No. 5. Later that year, his song, "Nuttin' for Christmas", was recorded by seven-year-old Barry Gordon and became a big seller that holiday season. Mooney recorded his most popular hit, "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" in 1948, the same year he released another hit, "Baby Face". Mooney, who appeared in two films, Film Vodvil: Art Mooney and his Orchestra (1946) and The Opposite Sex (1956), continued to record for MGM in the late 1950s. Performer, composer, arranger and producer WAYNE SHANKLIN (1916-1970) had his biggest hit with "Jezebel", which was recorded by Frankie Laine. Shanklin's other hits include "Chanson d'Amour" and "Primrose Lane". His songs have been featured in a number of films, including I, Madman (1989), Primary Colors (1998), Final Rinse (1999) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). George R. Sanders, originally a disc jockey, became a prominent radio/TV interview host, first in Los Angeles and later in Portland. Lightly creased. Light show through of writing. Rectangular show through on front touches one word of Derek's inscription, show through on verso at the "lin" of Shanklin and three words of his writing (all legible). Both sides are numbered (likely in Sanders' hand) at lower corners. Irregular left edge from removal from bound book. Otherwise, fine condition.