SERGIO FRANCHI - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 294371
Price: $280.00
SERGIO FRANCHI
Shown with Mike Douglas in promotional for his co-hosting of Douglas'
TV show
Photograph signed: "Sergio Franchi". B/w, 10x8. Shown
with Mike Douglas publicizing Franchi's appearance as a co-host in 1974. Born in
Cremona, Italy, Sergio Franchi (1926-1990) moved with his family
to South Africa in 1952. An electrical engineer by education, he studied voice
with the hope of becoming a professional singer. In 1954, he was "discovered"
and signed to tour South Africa in LaTraviata, Madama,
Butterfly, Carmen, etc. He returned to Italy and toured Europe,
ended up on a British television program, Sunday Night at the Palladium
(1962) and was off to the US. Recording, performing at clubs (The Coconut
Grove), and on television (The Ed Sullivan Show, The Red Skelton
Show), Franchi was a sensation. Sold-out concerts and appearances on
Broadway gave way to movies in 1969 when he stared with Anthony Quinn in The
Secret of Santa Vittoria. That same year, he signed a 2 year contact at the
Flamingo Room in Las Vegas and became an American citizen in 1972. Corners
creased. Edges lightly toned. Otherwise, fine condition.
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