SAM LEVENE - SHOW BILL SIGNED CIRCA 1973 - HFSID 252645

SAM LEVENE. Playbill signed: "Sam Levene" on front cover, 32p, 5½x9. New York City, circa 1973. Playbill for The Sunshine Boys at the Broadhurst Theatre. The Sunshine Boys, a comedy by Neil Simon, played at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway from December 20, 1972-October 27, 1973. Levene co-starred as Al Lewis and Jack Albertson was Willie Clark in the production, which was directed by Alan Arkin. Stage and screen actor Sam Levene was nominated for a 1961 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (The Devil's Advocate), debuted on the Great White Way in Wall Street in 1927. His Broadway credits include Dinner at Eight (1932), Three Men on a Horse (1935-1937; revival 1969-1970), Light Up the Sky (1948-1949), Guys and Dolls (1950-1953), The Impossible Years (1965-1967) and Horowitz and Mrs. Washington (1980, his last stage appearance before his death from a heart attack). In 1936, Levene made his screen debut, reprising his role as superstitious gambler Patsy in the film version of Three Men on a Horse. That same year, he made the first of two appearances as Lieutenant Abrams in Thin Man films (After the Thin Man, 1936; Shadow of the Thin Man, 1941). Levene appeared in over 30 feature films, his last being ...After the Fall in 1979, as well as in made-for-TV movies, TV anthologies (including The United States Steel Hour and Studio One) and the TV series, The Untouchables (1960). Lightly soiled. Pencil notes (unknown hand) at blank portion under logo. Overall, fine condition.