PAUL PICERNI - SCRIPT COVER SIGNED - HFSID 324012

PAUL PICERNI
Cover for a script of the 1953 film House of Wax (tentatively titled here as "The Wax Works"), signed boldly by actor Paul Picerni in blue felt tip
Script cover signed: "Paul Picerni", in blue felt tip, 8½x11. The cover is accompanied by the 93 page script, but none of the pages are bound together. Paul Picerni (1922-2011) earned a Distinguished Flying Cross flying bombers in the CBI Theater of World War II, and his early post-war films were mostly war-themed (Twelve O'Clock High, To Hell and Back). An exception was his role as hero of the Vincent Price 3-D horror film House of Wax (1953). He appeared in multiple TV Westerns and detective dramas of the 1950s before finding the role for which he is best remembered: Federal Agent Lee Hobson, Robert Stack's #2 man on The Untouchables (1960-1963). He comes from a family of stuntmen, including brother Charlie Picerni, who started as Paul's double on The Untouchables and went on to be stuntman/stunt coordinator on Die Hard and Lethal Weapon films. Paul Picerni, married to over 60 years to former ballet dancer Marie Mason, was half-time announcer for the LA Rams for over 30 years, and Mayor of Tarzana, California (1965-1968). Toned. Corners worn and creased. Photocopied signatures present on cover. Soiled. Light surface creases. Binding holes on left margin. Ink print. Otherwise, fine condition.