eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3w0530 JUDY GARLAND 12x14 matted letter 1940 sent to a fan who wrote to her, w/secretarial signature! Date Sold 3/19/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Matted Letter with a Secretarial Signature (see below for more about this; measures 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm]; entire display measures 11 1/2" x 13 3/4") (Learn More) Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm) was a legendary actress and singer from the 1930s to the 1960s. She was born in 1922, and as a young child performed with her older sisters as "The Gumm Sisters". In 1935, she was signed to a contract by MGM, who changed her name to Judy Garland. She appeared in some shorts, but in 1937, at Clark Gable's birthday party, she sang "You Made Me Love You", which was filmed, and got her noticed, and her role as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" gave her great fame. She appeared in "Ziegfeld Girl" in 1941, and "For Me and My Gal" in 1942, and she appeared in a series of popular musicals with Mickey Rooney. Her personal life was very messy, with many affairs and problems with drugs and alcohol. She married director Vincente Minnelli in 1945, and in 1946 had daughter Liza. She went on to another marriage to Sid Luft, and the remainder of her life was very troubled, but she continued to perform, including giving two excellent film performances in "Judgment at Nuremberg" (where she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award) and "A Child is Waiting". Some of her other movies include: Meet Me in St. Louis, A Star Is Born (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), and many more. She passed away in 1969 at the age of 47 from an accidental barbiturate overdose. Important Added Info: Note that this letter has an interesting origin! In 1940, a fan wrote to her, and he received back this signed letter on Judy Garland's MGM stationery, and he thought it had been personally autographed by Judy Garland. However, because it says "Dear Friend", and because there are clear differences from how Judy Garland signed her name in 1940, we believe it is surely a secretarial signature. But the fan did not know this, and he sold it to a memorabilia dealer in 1985, and he wrote a letter about how he obtained it, and the dealer matted it together with a REPRODUCTION of Miss Garland. However, please do not bid on this thinking it is personally signed by Miss Garland, because it was surely signed by a secretary. Condition: very good. The front and back mat are not attached, and you can therefore see that the letter was attached to the back of the front mat with tape (probably conservation tape). Learn More about condition grades
Postal Mailing Address:
Bruce Hershenson, P.O. Box 874, West Plains, MO 65775. (For our UPS or FedEx address, click here) phone: +1 417 256-9616 fax: +1 417 257-6948 E-mail: Contact Us Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CDT) |
|||||||||||||
Copyright Notice:
©1998-2024 Bruce Hershenson. All rights reserved.
All materials contained in this document are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of Bruce Hershenson. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. However, you may download or print material from this Web site for your personal, non-commercial use only. |