SIR MICHAEL REDGRAVE - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1952 - HFSID 289391

MICHAEL REDGRAVE
Head and shoulders image in herringbone jacket, inscribed in person to collector Saul Goodman
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Saul/Best wishes/Michael Redgrave". B/w, 8x10. Collector's ink stamp on verso dates signature: July 5, 1952. Michael Redgrave (1908-1985) was a Tony and Oscar-nominated English actor of stage, film and TV. Redgrave was a high school teacher before he began acting. He made his London debut in 1936 with Love's Labour Lost and his Broadway debut in 1948 in the title role of MacBeth. Redgrave broke into films with an unaccredited role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Secret Agent the year he made his London debut and found stardom with another Hitchcock movie, The Lady Vanishes, two years later. Redgrave went on to act in over 70 movies and TV shows. Most of these were British productions, including a role as Dr. Barnes Wallis, designer of the hydroplaning bombs in the popular The Dam Busters (1955). Redgrave's attempts to break into Hollywood with Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) was unsuccessful, although he did earn an Oscar nomination out of it. He settled into character roles and starring on stage after The Dam Busters, earning a Tony for his role as Hector in Tiger at the Gates. Redgrave also wrote the acting textbook The Actor's Ways and Means, the novel The Mountebank's Tale and two autobiographies. His acting family included his wife of 50 years, Rachel Kempson, and daughters Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave. 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. Scattered creases and surface marks. Light surface loss to bottom corners. Ink notes (unknown hand) on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.