RAND BROOKS - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 157095

RAND BROOKS
Black and white publicity photograph of Rand Brooks in the wedding scene from Gone With the Wind.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To George --/Wishing you happiness/Rand Brooks/'Charles'". B/w, 8x10½. Shown as Charles Hamilton, the ill-fated first husband of Scarlett O'Hara (played by Vivien Leigh, not signing pictured, who won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role) in Gone With the Wind (1939). Also pictured are Thomas Mitchell (not signing), who played Scarlett's father, Gerald O'Hara, and Barbara O'Neil (not signing), who played his wife, Ellen. Actor Rand Brooks (1918-2003) is best known for playing Charles Hamilton, the ill-fated first husband of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939). He had made his film debut the previous year in Love Finds Andy Hardy, and his other films include Northwest Passage, The Son of Monte Cristo, Niagara Falls, Joan of Arc, The Cimarron Kid, To Hell and Back and Requiem for a Gunfighter. Brooks, who co-starred as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, Lucky Jenkins, in 12 films, also played Corporal Boone on television's The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin and guest starred on many TV series. His first wife was Stan Laurel's daughter, Lois, with whom he ran a private paramedic service (1966-1995). Minor surface creases (most not evident head on). Black mark at lower right margin. Fine condition.