LORNE GREENE - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: CLIFF ROBERTSON - HFSID 20274

LORNE GREENE and CLIFF ROBERTSON
Lorne Greene and Cliff Robertson sign an autograph note to radio/TV host George Sanders.
Autograph Note Signed: "Lorne Greene", 1p, front and verso, 7¾x10 album leaf. In full: "To George-/Gentlemen rancher, Savant,/Student of history, showman/broadcaster, par-excellence, and/good friend./Most sincerely," with 3¼x1½ b/w newspaper photo at lower right (two surfaces). Unidentified signature above in full: "Lots of luck George/Sincerely/Joan de P[illegible]/For the 'Big Country'". And on verso, Autograph Note Signed: "Cliff Robertson" with 1¾x3 b/w, newspaper photograph attached at bottom right (two surfaces). In full: "To George Sanders-/A truly professional/interviewer and announcer-/(from an 'ex' nonprofessional one)/Sincerely," Canadian LORNE GREENE (1915-1987) got his big break in 1959, after his performance in an episode of the western series, Wagon Train. The producer and creator of Bonanza immediately recognized Greene as the perfect Ben Cartwright, and he starred in the immensely popular series from 1959-1972. Greene's other TV roles included Battlestar Galactica, the miniseries, Roots, and several documentaries. He had a No. 1 hit record, "Ringo", in 1964, and released five albums of music. As Joan Crawford's schizophrenic boyfriend in Autumn Leaves (1955), CLIFF ROBERTSON (1923-2011) achieved the critical acceptance that would enable him to seek out choice film roles. In 1963, he became the first American actor to portray a living American president when he was selected to play John F. Kennedy in PT 109. Robertson was universally applauded for his grueling performance as an alcoholic in the 1958 TV staging of Days of Wine and Roses. Having lost the film version of Wine and Roses to Jack Lemmon, he made certain that he'd star in the film adaptation of his 1961 TV drama The Two Worlds of Charly Gordon (itself an adaptation of the short story Flowers for Algernon) by buying up the story rights. The result was the 1968 film Charly, in which Robertson played a retarded adult turned into a genius by a scientific experiment - for which he won an Academy Award. Radio/TV interview host George Sanders collected autographs from guests on his show. Light bleed through of ink on both sides. Jagged at left edge from removal from bound book. Otherwise, fine condition.