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Auction History Result 4t513 WILLIAM POWELL signed deluxe 8x10 still '50s smiling head & shoulders portrait in suit & tie! Date Sold 12/22/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Autographed Deluxe 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) William Powell was an actor from the 1920s to the 1960s. He was born in 1892 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he was far from an overnight success. He became a stage actor when he was 20, and it would be 12 years before he went to Hollywood, and for the first seven years, he worked for Paramount Pictures, mostly playing villains! He became a star with The Canary Murder Case in 1929, which was made as a silent movie, but remade with sound, and it was Powell's wonderful voice that made him a star. In 1931, he switched to Warner Bros., and then in 1934 to MGM, where he became a top star, first with Myrna Loy in Manhattan Melodrama, and then with her again in The Thin Man the same year (he was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this first film in the series). He had been married to Carole Lombard from 1931 to 1933 (and they made My Man Godfrey together, for which he was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award), and he was also very memorable in his movies with Kay Francis, which included One Way Passage. In 1935, he made Reckless with Jean Harlow, and the two were engaged, but she became ill, passing away from kidney failure in 1937. Powell took a year off after her death, but returned to make many Thin Man sequels and other successful movies. In 1940, he married Diana Lewis after only knowing her for three weeks, and she was 27 years his junior, but their marriage lasted the rest of his life! As he aged, he seamlessly moved to older leading parts and character roles, including in Life With Father (for which he was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award), Mister Roberts, and scores of others! He retired in 1955, and lived a quiet life until he passed away in 1984, at the age of 91. He lived a most remarkable life! Important Added Info: Note that this still has been personally autographed (signed) by William Powell! Our consignor obtained this autograph many years ago in a group of purchases, and they do not remember anymore about it than that, except that they felt it was authentic at that time, and so do we. Also note that this is a deluxe still printed on double weight paper stock. Condition: very good. The still was attached to an album page with a long strip of double-stick tape on the back of the top and bottom of the still. It was removed from the album and the tape is still sticky, so someone attached an 8" x 10" sheet of plain white paper to the back. That paper could be easily removed, and then the sticky tape could be removed by a professional or talented amateur. Otherwise, the still is in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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