[Hollywood]. Lot of (12) signed items including photos and ephemera from legendary film directors, plus extraordinary Basil Ra...

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[Hollywood]. Lot of (12) signed items including photos and ephemera from legendary film directors, plus extraordinary Basil Rathbone handwritten letter to Samuel Goldwyn. (ca. 1930s-1970s) Including [1] Orson Welles 7.25 x 9.5 in. (184 x 241 mm.) photo signed, "Good wishes, Orson Welles"; [1] Frank Capra and Lost Horizon cast 9.5 x 7.25 in. (241 x 184 mm.) photo signed, "Edward Everett Horton", "John Howard", Ronald Colman", "Thomas Mitchell", and "Frank Capra"; [3] typed letters on Frank Capra La Quinta California stationary, all signed "Frank Capra" (1-retaining transmittal envelope); [1] clipped 5 x 3.5 in. (127 x 76 mm.) signature "To Eileen - Frank Capra"; [1] 8 x 10 in. (203 x 254 mm.) photo of the director with his dog and above them, "bow! wow!" and "hi Frank Capra"; [1] 8 x10 in. (203 x 254 mm.) photo signed, "To Donna Jeanne Frank Capra"; [1] Ernst Lubitsch 3.5 x 5.25 in. (76 x 133 mm.) real photo postcard signed "Ernst Lubitsch"; [1] Alfred Hitchcock 3 x 4.5 in. (76 x 114 mm.) color snapshot signed, "Alfred Hitchcock"; [1] Dorothy Arzner 8 x 10 in. (203 x 254 mm.) typed letter requesting Alex Gordon send her a copy of her project Don Juan, signed, "Dorothy Arzner", [1] Ernst Lubitsch 5 x 6 in. (127 x 152) typed letter in German to playwright Franz Arnold thanking him for "the records and picture", signed, "Ernst Lubitsch". All exhibiting some age and handling. In overall very good to fine condition. Basil Rathbone autograph letter signed ("Basil Rathbone") to Samuel Goldwyn and related telegrams and documents, 6-pages on 2-integral 8 x 11.25 in. (203 x 279 mm.) leaves of Hotel Dunapalota, Ritz Budapest stationery, 2 December 1936. Rathbone writes to studio head Samuel Goldwyn regarding a delay in contract signing, in part: ...Five years ago I was under contract to M. G. M. & I was miserable...After 'Cheney', I was typed & I was allowed to do nothing but 'teacup & white tie parts.'...I accepted Count Anteoni in 'The Garden of Allah' [without reading the script because David Selznick told me the story & the part as he told it was colourful & vital & important. We came to shoot it & it was nothing...I must either be very important to you or I will go on freelancing. I earned $120,000 last year and $140,000 this...it is not money I am after (much as I appreciate it!) I have been a very important actor both in London & New York for years... The letter is accompanied with related letters and telegrams. Fine condition.

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