PAUL NEWMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/14/1990 - HFSID 300515

PAUL NEWMAN
The Oscar winning actor types and signs a letter to the editor of Theatre World
Typed Letter Signed: "Paul", 1 page, 7¼x10½. No place, June 14, 1990. On personal letterhead to Mr. John Willis, New York, NY. In full: "Dear John: Thanks for the kind words and the enclosure. Best personal wishes," Accompanied by typed envelope addressed to Mr. John Willis, postmarked New York, NY, June 15, 1990. 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. JOHN A. WILLIS (1916-2010), active in the formation of Theatre World, and its companion Screen World , served as editor from 1965 to 2008, earning a reputation as one of the great theatrical historians with an encyclopedic knowledge of the American stage. He also produced the prestigious Theatre World Awards show, and served on the Tony Awards nominating committee. Normal mailing folds. Otherwise, fine condition.

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