eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7d203 DUSTIN FARNUM #203N English 4x6 postcard 1920s great smiling portrait of the cowboy actor! Date Sold 6/4/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage English 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" [9 x 14 cm] Postcard (Learn More) Dustin Farnum was an actor from the 1910s to the 1920s. He was a top star in cowboy and adventure movies (as was his brother William Farnum) from the mid 1910s through 1926, when he retired at the age of 52. He was the star of the first major western, The Squaw Man, in 1914, for Cecil B. DeMille. According to legend, he was given a salary of $5,000, but DeMille offered him a percentage of the movie if he would lower his salary in half, and he supposedly refused, but DeMille gave him a small amount of stock anyway, and Farnum thought so little of the movie that he gave it to his valet, who of course became rich after the movie was a massive success! Actor Dustin Hoffman says that his mother named him after this actor. Sadly, he only lived three years before he passed away in 1929, from kidney failure, at the age of 55. Important Added Info: Note that this is from a special series of deluxe English postcards ("Famous Cinema Star Series") that is printed with an embossed border around the edges (giving it a picture frame appearance), and each card has "GUARANTEED REAL PHOTOGRAPH" on the back. They are quite nice when viewed in person in person. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades
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