MAURICE CHEVALIER - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED - HFSID 156127

MAURICE CHEVALIER
Signed German picture postcard with a full-length sepia-toned photo by Manuel Frères of Maurice Chevalier in a tuxedo and straw hat
Picture postcard signed "Maurice/Chevalier". B/w sepia-toned, 3½x5½ overall, 3x4½ image, one surface. Photo by Manuel Frères of Paris and Paramount Pictures. Printed by "Ross" Verlag ("'Ross' Publishing House" in German). Captioned: "Maurice Chevalier". Blank on verso. Legendary French entertainer 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 1959 "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 Bergere (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, silvered, cracked, creased and bowed. Signature has poor adhesion in places, but is legible. Otherwise in fine condition.