LOWELL THOMAS - TYPED NOTE SIGNED 11/06/1980 - HFSID 31698
Sale Price $90.00
Reg. $100.00
LOWELL THOMAS
He signs a brief, typed letter bidding an old friend "Solong."
Typed Note signed: "Lowell", 1 page, 7¼x10½. Pawling, N.Y., 1980
November 6. On personal letterhead, in full: "Here's to you
'Rush'. Solong". Lowell Thomas (1892-1981), co-founder of Capital Cities
broadcasting, began his network radio evening newscasts on September 29, 1930
and continued until May 14, 1976, a mark unparalleled in the broadcast industry.
Millions were familiar with his distinctive radio sign-off: "So long until
tomorrow." In 1935, Thomas became the voice of Fox Movietone News, the
newsreel service widely distributed throughout movie houses in the United
States. He narrated the newsreels for the next 17 years (1935-1952) and was
heard weekly by an audience of almost 100 million people. Thomas also narrated
This is Cinerama (1952), the first movie made in the Cinerama process,
and wrote the screenplays for a number of 1975 Lowell Thomas Remembers
documentaries that spanned the years 1930 to the early 1960s. He was also the
author of over 50 books on travel, comment and adventure, including 1924's
With Lawrence of Arabia. Lowell Thomas died in August 1981. His
longtime correspondent Charles J. "Rush" Russhon, a US Air Force photographer
and advisor on the early James Bond films, died in November 1982.Mailing
folds. Fine condition.
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