eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4x240 VERONICA LAKE/THERESA HARRIS signed 5x6 album page 1940s it can be displayed with a repro! Date Sold 3/24/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed 4 1/2" x 5 3/4" [11 x 15 cm] Album Page (Learn More) Veronica Lake was an actress from the 1930s to the 1970s and best remembered from the 1940s as the sexy girl in many film noirs. Some of her movies include: Sullivan's Travels, This Gun For Hire, So Proudly We Hail!, The Glass Key, Hold Back the Dawn, The Blue Dahlia, I Married a Witch, and Star Spangled Rhythm. Note that many people remember the story of her cutting her hair, but it is quite likely that they remember it "wrong". What was the story? It was that she cut her hair because women were working in factories, and the government did not want women to get their hair caught in machines, so they asked Miss Lake to be a role model and "cut hers first". While it is true that Veronica Lake was a gigantic star in 1942, and it is true that she cut her hair at that time, the above is not the correct story, but one of those "urban legends"! We auctioned a great still of her where it explained that she offered to cut her famous long hair as an inducement to get people to buy war bonds. After $180,000 was raised, she cut 1 inch of her hair, and she said that "for $5,000,000, she'll cut the whole thing off"! Of course, that money was raised, and she DID cut her hair, and sadly discovered that her wonderful hair was a major part of her appeal, and her stardom quickly diminished. Late passed away in 1973 at the age of 50 from hepatitis AND Theresa Harris was a pretty black African American actress who started in movies in 1929, and she appeared in 86 movies over the next several decades, but due to the prejudices of the times, she mostly played only maids and other stereotyped roles. But because she was both an excellent actress and an excellent singer, she did have some stand out parts, including opposite Barbara Stanwyck in Baby Face, where she had equal screen time to Stanwyck. Because she made so many movies and because she invested her money well, she was able to live comfortably in her later years, and while she did not get to ever have the starring roles she would have received had she appeared in the 1970s and later, she did live until 1985, passing away at the age of 78, so she saw many of the great advances made by black actresses who followed her! Important Added Info: This album page has been personally autographed (signed) by BOTH Veronica Lake AND Theresa Harris! It could be matted with a vintage or repro still and framed together to make a cool display, but of course, the new owner will have to decide which side to display. Our consignor is a longtime dealer who acquired this signed item among many other purchases in his inventory, and he does not have a certificate of authenticity, but we believe the signature to likely be authentic. As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades
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