MAURICE CHEVALIER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 1967 - HFSID 74956
Price: $360.00
MAURICE CHEVALIER
Black and white publicity photo by Herman Zerrenner of the actor in military uniform,
for 1931's The Smiling Lieutenant, which was nominated for the 1932 Academy Award
for Best Picture
Photograph signed: "Sincerely yours/Maurice/Chevalier/N. Y. 1967", in black, b/w, 7¼x10¾
overall, 7x10½ image, one surface, printed on cardstock. Photo by Herman Zerrenner and
Paramount Pictures, with photo credit stamp in black ink on verso. According to a label on
verso, this is a publicity photo from The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), in which Chevalier
starred. Legendary French entertainer Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972, born Maurice Auguste
Chevalier in Paris, France), was nominated for Best Actor Academy Awards in 1929-1930
for The Big Pond and The Love Parade. He won an Honorary Oscar in 1958 "for his
contributions to the world of entertainment for more than half a century". Over his long
career, Chevalier appeared in a number of feature films, including The Merry Widow (1934),
Folies Bergère de Paris (1935), Gigi (1958), Pepe (1960), Can-Can (1960), Fanny (1961), In
Search of the Castaways (1962) and I'd Rather Be Rich (1964). Chevalier was also a singer.
Known as "the French Al Jolson", he often sang in his movies. Classic Chevalier songs
include movie songs You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me from Big Pond(1930),
Mimi and Isn't It Romantic from Love Me Tonight(1932) and Thank Heaven for Little
Girls and I Remember It Well from Gigi. Lightly toned and creased. Photo's right edge is
cut off (does not touch signature). Pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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