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DOROTHY DALTON AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO, SILENT FILM ACTRESS

Dorothy Dalton Autograph
Dorothy Dalton Autograph

EXTREMELY RARE AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF SILENT FILM ERA ACTRESS DOROTHY DALTON.  MEASURES 6.5 BY 9 INCH, OVERALL GOOD CONDITION, SLIGHTLY UNEVEN ALONG EDGES FROM BEING CUT DOWN FROM ORIGINAL SIZE.

SIGNED CORDIALLY YOURS,
DOROTHY DALTON, 1918.

Dorothy Dalton (September 22, 1893 – April 13, 1972) was an American silent film actress and stage personality who worked her way from a stock company to a movie career. Beginning in 1910, Dalton was a player in stock companies in Chicago and Holyoke, Massachusetts. She joined the Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation vaudeville circuits. By 1914 she was in Hollywood.

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JOBYNA RALSTON AUTOGRAPH “JOBIE” SILENT FILM ACTRESS

Jobyna Ralston

EXTREMELY RARE AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF SILENT FILM ERA ACTRESS JOBYNA RALSTON “JOBIE”
SIGNED IN GREY INK,
“TO MY PAL ROY
LOVE + KISSES
THIS GABEE
JOBIE”

MATTE FINISH WITH A RAISED TEXTURE THAT CAN BE SEEN IN SOME OF THE PICTURES PROVIDED, OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION AND MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 10-1/2 INCHES BY 13-1/4 INCHES ON VERY STURDY AND HEAVY PAPER.

Jobyna Ralston (November 21, 1900 – January 22, 1967) was an American actress of the silent film era.

Early life and career
Born Jobyna Lancaster Ralston in South Pittsburg, Tennessee in 1900 to parents who named her after famed entertainer of the time, Jobyna Howland. Jobyna’s mother, a portrait photographer, carefully groomed her daughter for a show business career.

At the age of nine she gave her first stage performance in Cinderella during the grand opening of the Wilson theatre/Opera House in 1909. Around 1915, Jobyna attended acting school in New York. She later danced chorus and sang in Broadway productions, her first being Two Little Girls In Blue. This production marked her Broadway debut, when she was 21. Comedian Max Linder saw her on stage and persuaded her to go to Hollywood, where Jobyna appeared in a number of his films. She also co-starred in Humor Risk (1921), the fabled lost comedy short film that was to be the film debut of the Marx Brothers. Soon director Hal Roach began to star the actress in one-reel comedies. She abandoned the stage for the screen in 1922 when her mother’s health began to decline, and she needed to make more money to help pay the medical bills.

Starring with Harold Lloyd
In 1923 she was named by the film industry as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. This award was given every year to the top up and coming female stars. This same year she starred with silent comedian Harold Lloyd in Why Worry?, and for the next five years appeared in six of Lloyd’s feature films as his leading lady. Ralston brought both genuine emotional depth and comedic talent to these films. It is for these performances and her onscreen chemistry with Lloyd that she is best remembered today. She would start the trend for romantic comedies with Girl Shy. The chemistry of that film is unmatched.

Silent film career
As a freelance actress, Jobyna co-starred with Richard Arlen, in the first Oscar-winning film, Wings (1927). She had a feature role in a film which also featured Clara Bow, Gary Cooper, and Buddy Rogers. She would star in eleven more motion pictures, among them Special Delivery (1927) co-starring Eddie Cantor. Her film career ended after two early talkies when Jobyna became a mother. Her last talkie, Rough Waters (1930), found her acting with Rin Tin Tin.

Personal life
Jobyna was married twice. The first time was to her childhood beau John Campbell, but the marriage did not last. She married actor Richard Arlen in 1927, who she had met on the set of Wings. They had one child, actor Richard Arlen Jr.. Ralston and Arlen divorced in 1945. She spent the last five years of her life suffering from rheumatism and had a series of strokes. She died in 1967 from pneumonia at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. She was 67 years old.

Filmography
A Sailor-Made Man (Uncredited, 1921)
The Bride-to-Be (1922)
Friday, the Thirteenth (1922)
The Call of Home (1922)
Take Next Car (1922)
The Truth Juggler (1922)
Touch All the Bases (1922)
The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922)
Wet Weather (1922)
The Landlubber (1922)
Soak the Shiek (1922)
Bone Dry (1922)
Face the Camera (1922)
The Uppercut (1922)
Shiver and Shake (1922)
The Golf Bug (1922)
Shine ’em Up (1922)
Washed Ashore (1922)
Harvest Hands (1922)
The Flivver (1922)
Blaze Away (1922)
I’ll Take Vanilla (1922)
Fair Week (1922)
The White Blacksmith (1922)
Watch Your Wife (1923)
Mr. Hyppo (1923)
Don’t Say Die (1923)
Jailed and Bailed (1923)
A Loose Tightwad (1923)
Tight Shoes (1923)
Do Your Stuff (1923)
Shoot Straight (1923)
For Safe Keeping (1923)
For Guests Only (1923)
For Art’s Sake (1923)
Why Worry? (1923)
Winner Take All (1923)
Girl Shy (1924)
Hot Water (1924)
Whispering Lions (1925)
The Freshman (1925)
Are Parents Pickles? (1925)
Whistling Lions (1925)
Between Meals (1926)
Humor Risk (1926)
Don’t Butt In (1926)
For Heaven’s Sake (1926)
Sweet Daddies (1926)
Gigolo (1926)
The Kid Brother (1927)
Special Delivery (1927)
Lightning (1927)
Wings (1927)
A Racing Romeo (1927)
Pretty Clothes (1927)
Little Mickey Grogan (1927)
The Night Flyer (1928)
The Count of Ten (1928)
Black Butterflies (1928)
The Big Hop (1928)
The Toilers (1928)
The Power of the Press (1928)
Some Mother’s Boy (1929)
The College Coquette (1929)
Rough Waters (1930)

1950's Hollywood, Entertainment

GEORGE BURNS AUTOGRAPH/SIGNED PERSONAL BANK CHECK 1942

George Burns 1942 personal bank check
George Burns 1942 personal bank check

VINTAGE ORIGINAL BANK OF AMERICA CHECK FROM THE ACCOUNT OF GEORGE N. BURNS AND GRACE ALLEN BURNS.

DATED OCT. 14, 1942
ENDORSED WITH THE SIGNATURE OF GEORGE N. BURNS

PAY TO THE ORDER OF PEARL ALLEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $15.00 FOR AN ALLOWANCE

MEASURES 8-1/4 BY 3 INCHES, EXCELLENT CONDITION.

PEARL ALLEN WAS ONE OF GRACE ALLEN’S SISTERS, THIS CHECK HAS A DESCRIPTION ON TOP RIGHT LEDGER THAT THE $15.00 WAS AN ALLOWANCE.

George Burns (January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996), born Nathan Birnbaum, was an American comedian, actor, and writer.

His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen. His arched eyebrow and cigar smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three quarters of a century. He enjoyed a career resurrection with a new image as an amiable and unusually active old comedian that began at age 79 and ended shortly before his death at age 100.

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BETTIE PAGE & BUNNY YEAGER AUTOGRAPHED 11 X 14 XMAS POSE

Bettie Page Signature
Bettie Page Signature

11 x 14 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF ICONIC BETTIE PAGE HANGING CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS, PHOTO TAKEN BY AND ALSO AUTOGRAPHED ON RIGHT HAND BOTTOM CORNER BY LEGENDARY BUNNY YEAGER.  AUTOGRAPHED ON BOTTOM LEFT CORNER BY BETTIE PAGE.

PSA/DNA COA # H35306

THE ACTUAL ITEM THAT YOU ARE BUYING DOES NOT HAVE ANY WRITING ACROSS IT LIKE OUR PICTURE PROVIDED.  WE WATERMARKED IT USING PHOTOSHOP TO KEEP OTHERS FROM TAKING OUR IMAGES TO SELL AS REPRINTS. ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE EMAIL US TRISH@TRISHAUTOGRAPHS.COM

Famous image Playboy centerfold appearance; January 1955. The famous photo shows Page, wearing only a Santa hat, kneeling before a Christmas tree holding an ornament. She was also one of the earliest Playmates of the Month for Playboy magazine. “I think that she was a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society,”Playboy founder Hugh Hefner told the Associated  Press. Signed by both Bettie Page and Bunny Yeager, the photographer.

1950's Hollywood, Entertainment

GRETA GARBO SIGNED PERSONAL CHECK AUTOGRAPH PSA/DNA

GRETA GARBO AUTOGRAPH
GRETA GARBO AUTOGRAPH

Extremely rare Greta Garbo original signed personal check. This rare personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, drawn on the Chase Manhattan Bank of New York was filled out and signed in green felt tip by the legendary Greta Garbo. The Check, dated June 21, 1968 is made out to “Cash” includes Chase cancellation stamp, dated June 21, en verso. Garbo did not sign often, so this check is a fabulous find indeed! Very Fine Condition.
This item has been examined by one or more PSA/DNA experts and is accompanied by a PSA/DNA Letter of Authenticity

1950's Hollywood, Entertainment

MAE WEST SIGNED PERSONAL CHECK 1934

MAE WEST SIGNATURE
MAE WEST SIGNATURE

PERSONAL CHECK FROM MAE WEST DATED DEC 28 1934
HOLLYWOOD & CAHUENGA BRANCH SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES
SIGNED BY MAE WEST

MEASURES 3 X 9 INCHES
IN MINT CONDITION, A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF HOLLYWOOD MEMORABILIA!

Mae West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol.

Known for her bawdy double entendres, West made a name for herself in Vaudeville and on the stage in New York before moving to Hollywood to become a comedienne, actress and writer in the motion picture industry. One of the more controversial movie stars of her day, West encountered many problems including censorship.

When her cinematic career ended, she continued to perform on stage, in Las Vegas, in the United Kingdom, on radio and television, and recorded rock and roll albums.

1950's Hollywood, Entertainment

BETTIE PAGE AUTOGRAPH/SIGNED LITHO, OLIVIA SIGNATURE

Bettie Page Autograph
Bettie Page Autograph

BETTIE PAGE AUTOGRAPHED LITHOGRAPH AND SIGNED BY OLIVIA ARTIST.  COMES WITH THE COA FROM PSA/DNA AND A LETTER FROM ROBERT BANE GALLERIES AS WELL.  CLICK PICTURE NOW TO MAKE AN OFFER ON OUR EBAY LISTING AND WE WILL SHIP THIS FREE!  CALL 909-484-8322 TO PURCHASE DIRECTLY FROM TRISH HESSEY AUTOGRAPHS OR EMAIL US TRISH@TRISHAUTOGRAPHS.COM

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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER SIGNED LETTER AND ENVELOPE

John Davison Rockefeller
was born July 8, 1839 on a farm in Richmond, New York. He was the second child of six born to William Avery and Eliza Davison Rockefeller. The family lived modestly, John’s father being a “pitch man” charging up to $25.00 for treatments for cancers. His father traveled and was gone for months at time and John’s upbringing fell mainly on his mother, who was very religious and disciplined. She taught her children to work, to save and to give to charities. After moving to Moravia and later to Owego, New York, the family moved to Ohio in 1853. They bought a house near Cleveland, in Strongsville, Ohio and John attended Central High School in Cleveland. John left high school in 1855 and took a six-month business course at Folsom Mercantile College. He completed the course in three months and began searching for a job as a bookkeeper or clerk in Cleveland. In 1855, business in Cleveland was adverse and John had trouble finding a job. After six weeks, Hewitt & Tuttle, a small company of produce shippers and commission merchants employed him as an assistant bookkeeper. Rockefeller worked hard and impressed his employers, arranging complicated transportation deals moving freight by railroad, canal and lake boats. He began to trade for his own account and his combination of caution; precision and resolve brought him to the attention of the Cleveland business community.

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CARL PERKINS HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED “BLUE SUEDE SHOES”

CARL PERKINS BLUE SUEDE SHOES HANDWRITTEN LYRICS
CARL PERKINS BLUE SUEDE SHOES HANDWRITTEN LYRICS

With his smash 1956 hit classic “Blue Suede Shoes,” Carl Perkins virtually defined and established rockabilly music in the rock and roll cannon and launched Sun Records into national prominence. Carl Perkins is regarded by many as one of the founding fathers of rock-and-roll. Although he placed only one record in the pop top forty “Blue Suede Shoes,” it became a legendary one in the annals of rock-and-roll and propelled Perkins, one of the original rockabilly singers, into his legendary status.

Born Carl Lee Perkins near Tiptonville, Tennessee in 1932, the son of the only white sharecropper (Fonie “Buck” Perkings)on a cotton plantation and Louise Brantley. The family lived first in a three room shack and then a one room storehouse. The family was so poor that kids in the neighborhood  brought cast off clothes for the Perkins brothers. perkinperform.jpg (60540 bytes)perkinsyoung.jpg (43583 bytes)

Growing up in Tennessee with his brothers, Jay B. and Clayton, Carl learned to play the guitar and became quite proficient at it. He listened to country music, gospel, and blues, and began to write some of his own compositions. At 13 he performed a song that he had written, Movie Magg, at a local talent show and won. He formed a group with Jay and Clayton called the Perkins Brothers. Carl played electric guitar and did most of the singing with Jay playing acoustic rhythm guitar, and Clayton the upright bass.

Shortly after World War II the family moved to Bemis Tennessee, where the brothers worked in the cotton mills. Buck was unable to get a job in the mills because of a lung condition, and Perkins family went back to sharecropping.

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MICHAEL FARADAY AUTOGRAPHED LETTER 1862

MICHAEL FARADAY AUTOGRAPH
MICHAEL FARADAY AUTOGRAPH

MICHAEL FARADAY MINT CONDITION LETTER FROM APRIL 21ST 1862 TO THEATRE DIRECTOR, FREDERICK GYE.
LETTER SAYS:
TO THE GREAT THEATRE DIRECTOR, FREDERICK GYE. “I HAVE KEPT YOUR TICKETS (I HOPE YOU WON’T SCOLD ME) THOUGH I DO NOT THINK IT POSSIBLE I CAN GO TONIGHT BUT I COULD NOT PERSUADE MYSELF TO RETURN THEM.  I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CALL ON YOU AS I INTENDED NOR CAN I DO SO THIS WEEK FOR I AM GOING OFF TO NEWCASTLE…”

LETTERHEAD EMBOSSED WITH SEAL THAT SAYS ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN
MEASURES 4-3/8 BY 7 INCHES

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