LARRY PARKS - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: NOEL BOGGS, BETTY GARRETT - HFSID 22667

LARRY PARKS, CO-SIGNED BY: BETTY GARRETT, NOEL BOGGS
Handwritten notes signed by actors Larry Parks and Betty Garrett and country steel guitarist Noel Boggs to radio personality George R. Sanders
Autograph note signed "To George - Thanx and always good luck to you & the kids/'Larry Parks" in blue ink, "Me too!/Betty Garrett" in blue ink and, on verso, "To George Sanders/a Very Good friend/for a long time the Best/to you/'Day Sleeper'/Noel Boggs" in black ink.7¾x5. With small b/w magazine photos of all three signers and a short bio of Parks affixed. PARKS (1914-1975, born Samuel Lawrence Klausmann Parks in Olathe, Kansas) had prominent roles in many Columbia movies of the 1940s, seeming to break through to stardom with the title role in The Jolson Story (1946) and Jolson Sings Again (1949). (In both films he mimed, while Al Jolson himself did the singing) In 1950, however, Parks was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee about a short-lived prior membership in the Communist Party. Despite testifying before the Committee, reluctantly naming names of other participants, he was blacklisted by Hollywood. He remained active on stage, and returned to the big screen in Cross-Up (1958) and Dr. Freud (1962). GARRETT, born in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1919, got her start as a stage actress. She made her debut in Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre in 1938, in a production of Danton's Death, and debuted on Broadway in the 1942 musical revue Of V We Sing. Garrett broke onto the silver screen after MGM saw her performance in another Broadway revue, Call Me Mister (1946-1948). Her energetic dancing and acting often earned her second lead in musicals early in her career. However, her film career was ruined when her husband Larry Parks admitted to the House Un-American Activities Committee that he was a Communist. Most of her roles after this were on TV, including recurring roles as Irene Lorenzo on All in the Family (1973-75), which earned her a Golden Globe in 1975, and Edna Babish on Laverne and Shirley (1976-1981). She was nominated for an Emmy for a guest star appearance as Molly Firth on Becker in 2003. BOGGS (1917-1974, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) was a country steel guitarist with over 1,000 sideman credits during his career. Boggs got his start early in music, playing on three radio shows by the time he graduated high school. His jazz-influenced strumming graced the line-ups of Hank Penny's Radio Cowboys (1936-1937), Bob Willis & the Texas Playboys (1944-1946) and Cooley's Dance Band with Spade Cooley (1946-1954). George R. Sanders, originally a disc jockey, became a prominent radio/TV interview host, first in Los Angeles and later in Portland.Lightly toned. Red lines touch all signatures. Bio touches Parks' signature. Discoloration and show-through from adhesive residue on Parks' and Garrett's side touches Boggs' handwriting, but not his signature. Page was neatly torn from album at one edge. Otherwise, fine condition.