Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou
Reference number:
10852Description:
An original vintage 1930s autograph book page, clearly signed in ink by Adolphe Menjou
Certification:
From the wonderful vintage 1920-30s autograph book of Bertha Sydney containing over 100 actors / politicians / sportsmen / writers and pioneers of the period. Most notably including ; Winston Churchill / David Lloyd George / Stanley Baldwin / M K Gandhi / Laurel & Hardy / Rudyard Kipling / G K Chesterton / Fay Wray & Jack Hobbs. Bertha Sydney was an actress and a member of the well known theatrical family which included film actor Basil Sydney (The Dam-Busters / Ivanhoe / Sea Wife & Treasure Island). She collected all the autographs for a decade after Christmas 1925. Some autographs are dedicated to her with additional messages and are dated. A typed letter & copy photographs are included to support the provenance and further detail the history written by her daughter (Sheila) who sold the book to us in 2018. AFTAL Dealer No13 and UACC RD Memorabilia UK COA
Size: |
14x5cm Sized Page |
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Condition: |
Average. View Image. Page is laid down onto a secondary page |
About
About Adolphe Menjou
ADOLPHE MENJOU d1963. American actor whose career spanned bith silent films and talkies. His film appearances include ; Charlie Chaplin's "A Woman in Paris" / Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" / "The Sheik" with Rudolf Valentino / "Morocco" with Marlene Dietrich and "A Star is Born" (1937) with Janet Gaynor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for "The Front Page" (1931). He died in Beverly Hills aged 73 on October 29th 1963
