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Bruce Bennett was an actor from the 1930s to the 1980s. Early in his career he was billed as "Herman Brix", which was his actual name, but he is probably best remembered for his excellent supporting role in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". He had been a star shot-putter in the 1928 Olympics (where Johnny Weissmuller won swimming medals), and he was MGM's FIRST choice for the lead in "Tarzan the Ape Man" in 1932, but he injured his shoulder (he separated it during a football scene in the 1931 movie "Touchdown"), and they went with Weissmuller instead! However, he was still one of the first sound Tarzans. In 1935, he starred in the non-MGM independent production called "The New Adventures of Tarzan", which actually was far more faithful to the books than the MGM movies, but which did not do well at the box office. In 1938, he played a Tarzan-like character in "Hawk of the Wilderness", and after that movie was not very successful, his career took a major downturn. He spent most of the 1940s playing very minor roles. Somewhere along the way, he took acting lessons and changed his name to Bruce Bennett, and he became much more successful. He is probably best remembered for his excellent supporting role in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". He retired from movies in 1960, at which time he became a successful businessman, passing away in 2007 at the age of 100 (and he was active to the end, skydiving at the age of 96!).

Important Added Info: Note that this still has been personally autographed (signed) by Bruce Bennett! Note that this is an original vintage item, but that it was signed at a later date.

About the Collection this Item Comes From
Note that this item (and 99 others we are auctioning this week, each in its own auction) was consigned to us by a man who purchased the collection of a dedicated collector, who was a major film buff from the 1950s through the 1990s. He would purchase stills on stars he liked, and then he would go to events or collectibles shows (he went to virtually every collectibles show where stars appeared!), and he would get the items autographed, and many of his photos were personalized to him with nice inscriptions, because over time many of the celebrities who regularly attended shows came to be friends with him! Over many years he was able to acquire a large number of signed stills, and his collection was purchased by our consignor. In this set of auctions we are auctioning 100 of his autographed items (and we will auction others in future "all signed" auctions). We feel certain that the autographs on these items are authentic! Note that each of the 100 items from this consignor all have this paragraph on them.

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Bruce Hershenson,
306 Washington Avenue, West Plains, MO 65775