STUART ERWIN - INSCRIBED SIGNATURE CIRCA 1957 CO-SIGNED BY: WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, ELMER PETERSON - HFSID 19532

STUART ERWIN, WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND and ELMER PETERSON
All three pen notes to TV/Radio host George Sanders
Comprises: (1) STUART ERWIN Inscribed signature: "To George -/Very best & thanks./Stu Erwin" on verso of 7¾x10 sheet. Captioned magazine photograph, b/w, 5½x6¼, affixed at lower margin. (2) ELMER PETERSON Inscribed signature: "With Best to George Sanders/Elmer Peterson" at upper margin of front of sheet. Captioned magazine photograph, sepiatone, 1x2, affixed at right margin beneath signature. (3) WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND Signature: "William F. Knowland", 7x2¾, cut from closing of typed letter, affixed at mid-portion of front of sheet. No place, circa November 1957. Typed inside address: "Mr. George R. Sanders, Jr., Director of Special Events, KMLA, 2917 Temple Street, Los Angeles 26, California". At lower margin, Sanders has typed: "November 19th, 1957 (2:30-3:00 p.m.)", the date that Knowland appeared on his radio program. Captioned newspaper photograph affixed at lower margin. STUART "STU" ERWIN (1903-1967) is best known for his 1950-1955 TV series, Trouble With Father, later called The Stu Erwin Show. The sitcom co-starred Erwin's wife, actress June Collyer, to whom he was married from July 22, 1931 until his death on December 21, 1967. The couple, who had two children, had acted together for 20 years before their TV outing. Erwin, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Pigskin Parade (1936), had made his film debut in 1928 in Mother Knows Best. His other film credits include The Band Plays On, Viva Villa! and Palooka (all 1934), I'll Take Romance (1937), Our Town and When the Daltons Rode (both 1940), Heaven Only Knows (1947), For the Love of Mike (1960) and Son of Flubber (1963). Erwin, who debuted on Broadway in 1942, was also seen frequently on the small screen. In addition to another series, The Greatest Show on Earth (1963-1964), he made several TV movies and appeared as a guest star on shows from Crossroads (1957) to Gentle Ben (1967). WILLIAM FIFE KNOWLAND (1908-1974) represented California in the U.S. Senate from 1945-1959. Knowland, who served as Republican Senate Majority Leader (1953-1955) and Minority Leader (1955-1959), had previously served in the California State Assembly (1933-1935) and State Senate (1935-1939). Also a veteran of WWII, he committed suicide in 1974. Radio and television commentator ELMER PETERSON appeared as himself in two films, It Grows on Trees (1952) and The Girl Who Had Everything (1953). George R. Sanders, originally a disc jockey, became a prominent radio/TV interview host, first in Los Angeles and later in Portland.
Sheet is lightly creased, lightly shaded at blank right margin on front. Minor show through of writing. Glue stains on Knowland's photograph and to the right of Peterson's photograph. Erwin's photograph is lightly rippled from mounting. Page numbers written (probably in Sanders' hand) at lower right corner of front and lower left corner of verso. Irregular left edge from removal from bound book. Otherwise, fine condition.