PAULETTE GODDARD - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 36144

PAULETTE GODDARD
Goddard handwrote and signed this letter in ink on The Plaza stationery to a friend about how the friend knew her birthday with her full first name.
Autograph Note Signed: "Paulette" in ink, 1 page, 6¼x9½, one sheet, on The Plaza stationary in New York. In full: "I recall your horoscope book in S. M. Is that how you knew today was my birthday Fantastic! Thanx [sic]". Stamp in red at upper right corner on verso: "From The Estate/of ANITA LOOS", so this letter was possibly sent to author and screenwriter Anita Loos, who is perhaps best known for her 1925 novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which was later made into a silent film (1928), a 1949 Broadway musical and the 1952 film starring Marilyn Monroe. Among her most successful theatrical projects were adaptations of Gigi (1950, filmed in 1958) and Cheri (1957).PAULETTE GODDARD, a former teen Broadway chorus girl, first attracted attention when she was featured reclining on a prop crescent moon in the 1928 Ziegfeld musical, Rio Rita. She reportedly made several two-reel comedies for Hal Roach (in a blond wig) before being featured as a "Goldwyn Girl" in Eddie Cantor's film, Kid from Spain, in 1932. Goddard shot to stardom when she was cast by Charlie Chaplin in his 1936 film, Modern Times. She also won Chaplin's heart as well as the role, but there were questions as to whether the two were ever legally married, and her relationship with Chaplin cost her the one role that she truly coveted: Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 epic, Gone With the Wind. She also later married German writer Enrich Maria Remarque (All Quiet on the Western Front), who was Jewish. Goddard was coaxed out of retirement for a made-for-TV movie, The Snoop Sisters, in 1972.Lightly creased at corners. Fold crease through bottom of Paulette. Red stamp on verso bleeds through at upper left. Otherwise, fine condition.