eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1e233 JEFFREY HUNTER signed 7.5x9 still '54 head & shoulders smiling portrait of the handsome star! Date Sold 3/31/2011Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Autographed 7 1/2" x 9" [19 x 23 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Jeffrey Hunter was an actor from the 1950s to the 1960s. He was born in 1926. This extremely good looking actor surprisingly did not have much success in movies until he was 29, when he was given the role of John Wayne's nephew who accompanies him on his search in John Ford's The Searchers. Four years later he was cast as Jesus in Nicholas Ray's King of Kings, and even though he was 34, he was so young and handsome that some critics said the movie should have been called I Was a Teenage Jesus! He was Captain Christopher Pike in the 1966 TV pilot for Star Trek, but when the pilot was picked up as a series Hunter made the decision to not appear in the show so he could try to revitalize his movie career. That pilot, called The Cage was later adapted into a two-part episode of the series. He spent the next few years making European movies and TV appearances. In 1969, he had a stroke, and soon after fell down a flight of stairs and pased away at just 42 years old. Important Added Info: Note that this still has been personally autographed (signed) by Jeffrey Hunter! Note that this still has been trimmed and it now measures 7 1/2" x 9" [19 x 23 cm]. Note that this autographed 8x10 is one of 91 that were consigned to us by a former theater owner. He owned two different major theaters in Louisiana from the 1940s through the 1970s, and he sometimes had premieres of movies at his theaters, at which time some of the celebrities connected to the movies would appear in person (this was often done in the 1950s and 1960s). When celebrities came to his theater, he would have them autograph 8x10 stills for him in person, and that got him started collecting signed stills, so at some point in the 1950s, he began requesting the studios to have them send him stills signed by the stars of movies he had recently shown at his theater when he was holding a special event or having the anniversary of his theater's opening! Over the next decade, he collected 91 signed stills that were sent to him by the studios through the mail, as well as several dozen that he obtained in person. We auctioned those "in person" signed stills in our previous auctions, and now we are auctioning the 91 stills where he obtained the signatures through the mail from the studios. We know for certain that he received these stills directly from the studios, but we can't say for certain if the stills were signed by the stars or if they were signed by secretaries. But since he owned a major theater, and since many of the stills were personalized to him (or to his theater), we would think it likely that most, if not all, of these 91 stills have genuine signatures that are NOT secretarial signatures. But we suggest that anyone bidding on these stills compare their signatures to other examples of that star's signature, so they can best determine if the signature is from that star. Condition: good. The still was neatly trimmed around the edges. There is surface paper loss on the back of the bottom left of the still, but it has no effect on the front. Learn More about condition grades
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