MELVYN DOUGLAS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/30/1980 - HFSID 187105
Price: $220.00
MELVYN DOUGLAS
Douglas sends thank you note to acquaintance
Typed Letter Signed: "Melvyn Douglas". 1p, 7¼x7¾. No place,
1980 May 30. On his personal, red monogrammed stationery. To Mrs.
Johnson, in full: "I have just returned to New York to find your warm
note on my desk. Thank you so much for writing as you did. With every good
wish". Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981), born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, won
Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for Being There
(1979) and for his portrayal of Paul Newman's dying father in Hud
(1963). He was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for I Never Sang
for My Father (1970). Although Douglas began his acting career on the stage,
he would grace the big screen for 50 years after making his film debut in
1931 in the early "talkie", Tonight or Never. His long list of feature
film credits include Annie Oakley (1935), Captains Courageous
(1937), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), The
Americanization of Emily (1964), The Graduate (1965), The
Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) and Being There (1979). Douglas also
appeared in a number of made-for-TV films. He died at the age of 80, just before
the release of his final film, Ghost Story (1981). Slightly creased. Fine
condition.
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