Signed book: Stars of the Photoplay: Art Portraits of Famous Film Favorites with Short Biographical Sketches. Chicago: Photoplay Publishing Co., 1930. Hardcover, 7.5 x 10.25, unpaginated (several hundred pages). A fantastic pictorial reference signed and inscribed by dozens of Hollywood stars on or near their respective full-page photos. The signers are: Richard Arlen, Constance Bennett, Joan Bennett, Monte Blue, John Boles, William Boyd, El Brendel, Mary Brian, Eddie Cantor, Nancy Carroll, Ina Claire, June Collyer, Joan Crawford, Fifi Dorsay, Stuart Erwin, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Ralph Forbes, Kay Francis, Richard “Skeets” Gallagher, Lillian Gish, Alexander Gray, Neil Hamilton, Hedda Hopper (trimmed signature affixed to photo), Edward Everett Horton, Walter Huston, Al Jolson, Helen Kane, Buster Keaton, Charles King, Harold Lloyd, Edmund Lowe, Myrna Loy, Paul Lukas, Jeanette MacDonald, Ken Maynard, Adolphe Menjou, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel, Eddie Nugent, Mary Pickford, Zasu Pitts, Basil Rathbone, Harry Richman, Charles “Buddy” Rogers, Charlie Ruggles, Joseph Schildkraut, Nick Stuart, Gloria Swanson, Lawrence Tibbett, Eric von Stroheim, H. B. Warner, Lois Wilson, and Loretta Young. One of a kind! In fine condition, with rubbing/mild wear to extremities, light, even toning to interior, cellophane tape to margins of two leaves, and scattered ink notations. R&R COA.
