PAUL MUNI - AUTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: BENNY BAKER - HFSID 31994

PAUL MUNI and BENNY BAKER
The Academy Award winning actor and the Broadway/character actor both signs their names
Signature(s): "Paul Muni"and, on verso,"Best Wishes/Benny Baker". 6¼x4½. PAUL MUNI (1895-1967) was nominated for the 1928-1929 Academy Award for Best Actor for his first feature film role, drifter James Dyke in The Valiant. He was also nominated for Best Actor Oscars for roles in I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932-1933), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937) and The Last Angry Man (1959), winning for his portrayal of Louis Pasteur. Stage, screen and television actor BENNY BAKER (1907-1994) began his show business career in Broadway musical comedies before debuting in films in 1934. After appearing in several Paramount musicals, he returned to Broadway, but returned to Hollywood as a character actor. His film credits include The Farmer's Daughter (1940), two Joe Palooka films (1947, 1949), Thunderbirds (1952), No Time for Sergeants (1958), Papa's Delicate Condition (1963), Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number ! (1966), Paint Your Wagon (1969), The Sting II (1983) and 18 Again! (1988, his last film). Baker also made a number of TV movies and appeared as a guest star on a long list of TV shows, from the early anthologies (beginning with Kraft Television Theatre in 1952) to comedies, Westerns and dramas. Binding holes at left edge. Otherwise, fine condition.