TLS signed “George,” two onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, March 14, 1956. Letter to a hospitalized Humphrey Bogart. In part: “Emily Post hasn’t provided what to do in the case of a Floraphobe. I decided…to sit right down and write Bogie a Get-Well letter…It might please you, and maybe even surprise you a little, to know with what genuine affection people speak of you. I’d be less than truthful, though, if I didn’t add that there’s a slight note of surprise as they find themselves uttering these tender sentiments. Even the Old Man of the Sea, who’s inclined to be grudging with his praise, became almost lyrical when talking of your many splendid qualities…Now a confession. As you know, it was in ‘Swifty’ that I first saw you. I didn’t flip. I didn’t say, ‘That kid’s got it!…Stardust!’ Blind fool that I was, I wasn’t impressed. Never in my born days could I have imagined that you’d turn out to be a great beeg, beeg star—and a fine actor besides. Be frank, aren’t you surprised too?” In fine condition, with light scattered wrinkling, faint vertical bands of toning, and a slight tear and paperclip impression to the top of the first page. Bogart had undergone surgery to remove his esophagus, two lymph nodes, and a rib just two weeks earlier, after finding out that he had cancer. Cukor’s hysterical letter must have lifted his spirits during a difficult time. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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