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WALTER SLEZAK - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 03/22/1954 - HFSID 279172

B/w publicity photo of a middle-aged Walter Slezak from the chest up in a suit-and-tie and looking over his shoulder, signed and dated in 1954 Inscribed photograph signed: "To Dick/[illegible]-!/Walter Slezak/March 22nd 1954.".

Price: $340.00

Condition: Fine condition
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WALTER SLEZAK
B/w publicity photo of a middle-aged Walter Slezak from the chest up in a suit-and-tie and looking over his shoulder, signed and dated in 1954
Inscribed photograph signed: "To Dick/[illegible]-!/Walter Slezak/March 22nd 1954.". B/w, 8x10 overall, image 7¼x9¼ (one surface) . The son of Metropolitan Opera star Leo Slezak, 20-year-old Walter Slezak (1902-1983) entered show business by chance after meeting director Michael Curtiz, who cast him for a part in his silent German epic Sodom and Gomorrah (1922). The former bank clerk continued acting in films and on stage, becoming a Broadway stalwart in the 1930s. A strong, handsome man in his youth, he gained weight rapidly as middle age approached, pegging him as a character actor playing both villains and "teddy bears". Slezak made his American film debut as the Nazi baron in Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942). In 1955, he won a Tony for his role in the Broadway production of Fannyand went on to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. Lightly toned and creased. Signature is lightly smeared, but legible. Errors in negative were reproduced in photo. Lightly torn in lower left corner. Light scratches in image (not visible head-on). Otherwise, fine condition.

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