RODDY McDOWALL - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1945 - HFSID 289349

RODDY MC DOWALL
Very youthful photo with hair slick back wearing a white button up shirt, Inscribed in person to collector Saul Goodman
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Saul/ sincerely/Roddy McDowall". B/w, 8x10. The arrival of London-born McDowall (1928-1998) in Hollywood came when he tested for the juvenile lead in Fox's How Green Was My Valley (1941), winning both the role and a long contract. McDowall's first adult acting assignment was as Malcolm in Orson Welles' 1948 film version of Macbeth. The actor spent the better part of the early 1960s playing Octavian in the mammoth production Cleopatra, co-starring with longtime friend Elizabeth Taylor. An accomplished photographer, McDowall was honored by having his photos of Taylor and other celebrities frequently published in the leading magazines of the era. McDowall's most frequent assignments between 1968 and 1975 found him in elaborate simian makeup in the Planet of the Apes theatrical films and TV series. Shortly before his death, the Academy of Motion Pictures named its photo archive after him. Saul Goodman (1919-2003), a New York business man by day, pursued his love of film and theatre in the evening, making friends with many celebrities. While other autograph seekers offered album leaves, Goodman presented stars with snazzy photographs, a rarity then, to sign in fountain pen. Corners lightly worn and creased. Lightly toned around edges. Otherwise, fine condition.