OTTO PREMINGER - AUTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: ARLEEN WHELAN - HFSID 168549

OTTO PREMINGER and ARLEEN WHELAN
They sign opposite sides of an album leaf, which Whelan also inscribes.
Signatures: "Otto Preminger", 5¼x4¼ album leaf. Also inscribed and signed on verso: "To Mary/Arleen Whelan". B/w magazine affixed to right of her signature. Film director OTTO PREMINGER (1906-1986), who became an independent producer and director in the early 1950s, was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director for Laura (1944) and The Cardinal (1963). His films, which often broke new ground in Hollywood, also include Forever Amber (1947), Stalag 17 (1953), The Moon is Blue (1953), Carmen Jones (1954), The Man With the Golden Arm (1955), Porgy and Bess (1959), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Exodus (1960), Advise and Consent (1962), In Harm's Way (1965) and Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970). Preminger, who produced, directed and staged a number of Broadway plays from 1935-1973, he is also known to TV audiences for his portrayal of the villainous Mr. Freeze in the Batman TV series. ARLEEN WHELAN (1914-1993), a redheaded American actress, starred in B movies and played secondary leads in top flight films from the late 1930s through the 1950s. Her noteworthy films include Kidnapped (1938), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), The Senator was Indiscreet (1947) and The Sun Shines Bright (1953). Jagged at right edge from removal from bound book. Ink number (unknown hand) at upper left corner. Otherwise, fine condition.