OTIS SKINNER - AUTOGRAPH 1938 - HFSID 31623
Price: $180.00
OTIS SKINNER
Actor Otis Skinner signed this card in 1938.
Signature: "Otis Skinner/1938". 5x3 card. Skinner
(1858-1942, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American stage actor and
producer. Skinner had originally trained for a career in commerce, but a visit
to the theatre reportedly left him stage-struck. He earned his chops playing bit
roles in stock companies in New York and Boston. He toured with the likes of
Augustin Daly, Edwin Booth and Helena Modjeska in the 1880s and, by the 1890s,
was a legitimate star. Skinner specialized in Shakespearean roles; his
performances were praised as natural and unaffected, and he made Shylock from
The Merchant of Venice a character with whom the audience could
sympathize . However, his signature role was as Hajj in Kismet, which
he performed on Broadway from 1911 to 1912 for 184 performances and on the
silver screen in 1920 and 1930. In all, Skinner had 25 Broadway appearances
between 1900 and 1933. Lightly toned and soiled. Lightly discolored around
edges. Adhesive residue on verso. Otherwise in fine condition.
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