MAURICE CHEVALIER - MENU SIGNED CIRCA 1951 - HFSID 112601

MAURICE CHEVALIER
Menu for the 5th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Odontological Association of Uruguay, signed by the actor and singer
Menu signed: "Maurice/ Chevalier", in black ink, 3p including cover, 4x3, 1 sheet folded, front and verso, printed on cardstock. Menu for the 5th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Odontological Association of Uruguay on Aug. 24, 1951 at the Parque Hotel in Montevideo, Uruguay. Printed in Spanish. Legendary French entertainer Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972, born Maurice Auguste Chevalier in Paris, France) was nominated for Best Actor Academy Awards in 1929 and 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 and known as "the French Al Jolson". Directors often used his voice; 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 (1958). Lightly toned,soiled, creased and rippled. Light dents along edges. Random ink stains. Otherwise, fine condition.