VINCENT PRICE - TYPED LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 278989

VINCENT PRICE
Price signed this typed letter to a "Hanns" in 1942 and added an autograph postscript to it in 1942. In it, he apologizes for not responding to Hanns' letter and updates him on the paucity of acting jobs at the time. This letter mentions Price speaking to Shepard Traube, a longtime film and Boradway producer, director and writer, on Hanns' behalf, with less-than-spectacular results.
Typed letter signed "Vincent", with autograph postscript signed "V. P.". 1 page, 8 ½ x 11. Oct. 27, 1942. Addressed to "Hanns". In full: "My Dear Hanns [sic], What a friend you must think me. I am so sorry to have delayed in answering your very kind letter of last summer. I have no better excuse to offer than the strenuousness of the times. My days are so full of one thing or another, I find myself, sadly, neglecting many of the things I wish most to do. The truth is I heard that the rehearsals for 'Winter Soldier' were called off, then resumed again for free performances, so a letter to Shep Traube seemed rather pointless. Sorry about it, better luck next time and do stop in to see me soon. Sincerely,". Typed postscript: "P. S. I did talk to Traube about you. At the time, the only free parts he had were for older men." Autograph postscript: ", and he discouraged my sending you - I'm really sorry". "Shep Traube" is probably SHEPARD TRAUBE (1907-1983, born in Malden Massachusetts), a film and Broadway producer, director and writer. He was also head of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC), a stage director and choreographers' union, for many years, and was founder of the SSDC's Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation. Traube's career spanned over four decades, despite his being blacklisted. WinterSoldier doesn't show up in Traube's Broadway or film credits. Price wasn't speaking to Traube as an SSDC representative, either, as the SSDC was founded in 1959. It's worth investigating. A master of the horror genre, VINCENT PRICE (1911-1993, born Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. in St. Louis, Missouri) was an American actor with over 170 films and TV shows to his credit between 1938 and 1993. He starred in such other spine-tingling films as House of Wax (1953), The Fly (1958), The Fall of the House of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) and The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971). The actor, also a veteran of Broadway, stage and serious films, was also a noted art expert and collector. Price frequently lectured on art and published several books on the subject. Lightly toned, creased and rippled. Typewriting is lightly smeared in places but legible; handwriting and signature are untouched. Folded once horizontally and twice vertically. Otherwise in fine condition.