WALTER HUSTON - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 282773

WALTER HUSTON
Sepia-toned bust photo of Oscar-winning actor Walter Huston in a suit and tie, signed "with sincere appreciation of your kindness to me" to Beverly Hills restaurant owner Joseph "Peppino" Micoli
Inscribed photograph signed "For Joseph,/with sincere appreciation/of you Kindness to me./Walter Huston.". B/w sepia-toned, 7¾x9¾ overall, 7¼x9¼ image, one surface, printed on cardstock, rounded bottom corners. Joseph "Peppino" Micoli was the owner of Peppino's Restaurant on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. Canadian-born actor Huston (1884-1950) launched his movie career with Gentlemen of the Press (1929) and spent the 1930s playing everything from a Mexican bandit to President Lincoln. In the 1938 Broadway musical comedy Knickerbocker Holiday, Huston, in the role of a 17th century New Amsterdam Governor, achieved theatrical immortality with his poignant rendition of the show's top tune September Song. Throughout the 1940s, he offered a gallery of memorable screen portrayals, from the diabolical Mr. Scratch in All That Money Can Buy (1941) to George M. Cohan's father in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). Still, it was only after removing his expensive false teeth and trading his fancy duds for a dusty hobo's outfit that the actor won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the cackling old prospector Howard in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), directed by his son John Huston. Lightly toned, soiled and bowed. Missing top corners. Otherwise in fine condition.