PAUL NEWMAN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/26/1955 - HFSID 309646

PAUL NEWMAN
Handwritten letter to the President of his fan club, early in his career
Autograph Letter signed: "Paul", 1 page, 6¼x9. No place, 1955 May 26. On personal letterhead to "Dear Barbara" [Rushmore, the President of his fan club], in full: "Sorry about the snap shot. Now I can't find it. I'm sending half of one that I found in my dressing room. Happy that the meetings are going well and also that you saw my point of view about the buttons, etc. Best luck on the exams. (I'm glad I'm through with that) and in everything. Sincerely". Nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Actor, Paul Newman (1925-2008, born in Shaker Heights, Ohio) won the 1987 Oscar for portraying Fast Eddie Felson in The Color of Money, the same character he played in The Hustler 25 years earlier (also Oscar nominated). His other nominated roles were Brick Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Hud Bannon in Hud, Lucas "Cool Hand" (Luke) Jackson in Cool Hand Luke, Michael Colin Gallagher in Absence of Malice, Frank Galvin in The Verdict and Donald "Sully" Sullivan in Nobody's Fool. He was nominated for a ninth Oscar, the 2003 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for portraying John Rooney in Road to Perdition.In a survey of film experts for the January 16, 2001 edition of the British magazine, "Radio Times", Newman was voted the greatest movie actor of all time. Lightly creased and toned. Multiple mailing folds. Fine condition.