SIR ALEC GUINNESS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 78295
Price: $300.00
ALEC GUINNESS. Photograph signed: "Alec Guinness." B/w,
10x8. Still from the 1958 film, The Horse's Mouth, in which Guinness
starred as Gully Jimson and for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Adapted Screenplay. ©1959, United Artists Corp. Captioned at lower
margin. Cast in Shakespearean roles in Sir John Gielgud's company (from 1934),
British actor Alec Guinness (1914-2000) appeared in the stage and screen
versions of Dickens' Great Expectations (1939, 1946). He also portrayed
eight members of one family in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949). Winner of
the Best Actor Academy Award for The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957), the versatile Sir Alec later portrayed such figures as Arabian Prince
Faisal, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, English King Charles I, Adolph Hitler and
Sigmund Freud, not to mention Marley's Ghost. In the late 1970s and early 1980s,
Guinness found renewed popularity with his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the
first Star Wars film trilogy (1977, nominated for the Best
Supporting Actor Oscar; 1980 and 1983). Lightly creased at margins and upper
left background. Minor surface creases (most not evident head on). Tape stain
(not readily apparent) at upper left background. Pencil scribbles on verso (no
show through). Overall, fine condition.
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