RUTH ETTING - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 01/09/1933 - HFSID 54445
Sale Price $250.00
Reg. $320.00
RUTH ETTING
Photo of a drawing of "America's Sweetheart of Song", inscribed by her in red ink
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To/Blanche Svehla/Best Wishes/Ruth Etting/1/9/[19]33".
B/w, 8x10. Ruth Etting (1896-1978) was a popular American torch singer who recorded
over 200 songs between 1926 and 1937. Billed as "America's Sweetheart of Song," she
made a smooth transition from the jazz age ("Love Me or Leave Me)" to the Depression
("Ten Cents a Dance)." She made her Broadway debut in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1927, and
starred opposite Eddie Canto (Whoopee!, 1929) and Ed Wynn (Simple Simon, 1930). Her
film roles included Roman Scandals (opposite Cantor again, 1932). Her career was badly
damaged when her first husband, mobster Moe Snyder, shot her fiancé, pianist Myrl
Alderman. This story was filmed as Love Me or Leave Me, which won 8 Oscars in 1955,
with Doris Day cast as Etting, James Cagney as Snyder. Etting's rendition of "Button Up
Your Overcoat" is heard on the soundtrack of the 2011 film, Water for Elephants. Lightly
worn. Lightly soiled. Slightly creased. Otherwise, fine condition.
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