THE HIGGINS FAMILY MOVIE CAST - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1939 CO-SIGNED BY: JAMES GLEASON, LUCILE WEBSTER GLEASON, RUSSELL GLEASON - HFSID 284949
Price: $600.00
THE HIGGINS FAMILY MOVIE CAST: JAMES, LUCILE and RUSSELL
GLEASON
An acting family in real life, they played the Higgins family on stage and in
7 Republic Pictures.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To/Anna/from/The Gleasons/Lucile/1939",
"Russell", "Jim". B/w/8x10. Lucile Webster (1888-1947) married fellow
actor James Gleason (1886-1959) in 1905. They appeared frequently together
on stage and in films, usually playing a couple! With their son Russell, they
appeared in the Higgins family series, first a stage play and then a sequence of
7 movies, Republic Pictures' attempt to compete with the Andy Hardy films,
beginning in 1938. (This photo must be from the stage version.) Lucile
Gleason was a Treasurer and then Vice President of the Screen Actors Guild,
and the USO Mother of the Year in 1947. Russell died young. After
enlisting for World War II, he fell to his death from a Manhattan Hotel
window before his unit shipped out for Europe. James Gleason outlived
both his wife and son, playing character roles and also working as a
dialogue coach and occasional scriptwriter. His last film appearance was in
The Last Hurrah (1958). Toned. Creased corners. Otherwise fine
condition.
Following offer submission users will be contacted at their account email address within 48 hours. Our response will be to accept your offer, decline your offer or send you a final counteroffer. All offers can be viewed from within the "Offer Review" area of your HistoryForSale account. Please review the Make Offer Terms prior to making an offer.
If you have not received an offer acceptance or counter-offer email within 24-hours please check your spam/junk email folder.
