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Auction History Result 5a077 ROMAN POLANSKI signed letter '68 giving his telegram address in Poland to his agent! Date Sold 11/15/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed Letter (measures 8 1/2" x 11") (Learn More) Roman Polanski is a French-born Polish director from the 1950s to the present. Some of his movies include: The Pianist (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film), Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, Frantic, The Fearless Vampire Killers, and Repulsion. He has acted in several of his movies, and he has unfortunately been in the news many times (and not for his movies!). His wife Sharon Tate was murdered by the Manson cult when she was 8 1/2 months pregnant with his child. In 1977, he raped a 13 year old girl, and absconded to Europe when he heard that the judge in his case was going to sentence him to 50 years in prison. Polanski hasn't been in the United States since. As of 2021, he is still alive at the age of 87. Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally autographed (signed) by Roman Polanski! Note that this item comes from the estate of Paul Kohner, who had a remarkable life! Kohner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1902, and he was a journalist working at his father's newspaper. He came to Hollywood after interviewing Carl Laemmle, who gave him a job as a publicity man. He became the head of Universal's European department in Berlin, and returned to the U.S. in the early 1930s, and left Universal in 1938, becoming a publicity agent. Among his clients were some of the greatest film stars ever, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, and also great directors such as John Huston and Billy Wilder. He had close personal friendships with many of his clients, and he saved every bit of correspondence and paper work from his agency! He was married to actress Lupita Tovar from 1932 until his death in 1988. Amazingly, after his death, few institutions showed interest in his immense files, and only a small amount ended up being saved, with a lot literally thrown away! Our consignor purchased the item offered here from Mr. Kohner's estate in 1989, and he has held it until now, when he has consigned several items from Mr. Kohner's estate to eMoviePoster.com, and each item is being auctioned separately. Condition: very good. There is slight darkening in the upper right edge and down the left edge, and staple holes in the top left corner, but the letter content and the autograph are unaffected. Learn More about condition grades 
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