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Lot #731
W. S. Van Dyke Oversized Signed Photograph to Eleanor Powell

Estimate: $400+

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Description

Film director (1889–1943) remembered for his successful early sound films, including Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), The Thin Man (1934), and San Francisco (1936), which is considered the first of the true disaster films. Before entering the movie business, he was a gold miner, a lumberjack, a railroad worker, and a mercenary. Vintage matte-finish 10 x 13 photo of the early film director, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to actress Eleanor Powell, "To my little lady of the trembling feet who is as sweet as she is clever! To Eleanor from Van.” Reverse bears a Hurrell/MGM credit stamp. In fine condition, with trimmed edges, and a small area of adhesive residue to the bottom edge.

From the collection of actor Glenn Ford and his wife, actress Eleanor Powell.

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