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CECIL B. DEMILLE/FRED STONE CECIL B. DEMILLE/FRED STONE 8x10 OR search current auctions Auction History Result 2d240 CECIL B. DEMILLE/FRED STONE 8x11 key book still '35 looking over the set of The Crusades! Date Sold 10/5/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie 8" x 11" [20 x 28 cm] Key Book Still (Learn More) Cecil B. DeMille was a great director from the 1910s to the 1950s. Some of his movies include: The Ten Commandments, The Greatest Show on Earth, and Samson and Delilah AND Fred Stone was a vaudeville and live theater legend, but is sadly forgotten today, except by major theater history buffs. He was born in 1873, and by the turn of the century, he was the leading actor in live theater plays that toured the country, and in 1902, he played the Scarecrow in the first stage version of The Wizard of Oz, a role he repeated for many years. In 1918, he first appeared in a movie, and although he appeared in a total of 19 movies, he mainly stayed loyal to the stage. He was great friends with many Hollywood legends including Will Rogers, and when Annie Oakley died, she left her unfinished autobiography to Stone! He was critically injured in an airplane crash in 1929, and was told he would never dance again, but made a nearly full recovery. In 1923, the creator of Raggedy Ann wrote a stage play for Stone, where the Scarecrow met Raggedy Ann, but it was never produced. Stone and his daughter did play in a musical where he was Raggedy Andy and she was Raggedy Ann, with music by Jerome Kern. In the mid 1930s, when older actors were having much success at Paramount, Paramount hired Stone with a great fanfare, announcing that he would be appearing in a number of movies, but that really didn't materialize. Stone was certainly a remarkable man, and a movie should be made of his life! Important Added Info: Note that this is one of a fascinating group of four key book stills we are offering in four separate auctions. Each shows Fred Stone with famous celebrities of the time. Apparently, in 1935, Paramount signed Stone (a true legend) to a contract to appear in movies, and in publicizing that signing, they created these wonderful stills showing him appearing with Cecil B. DeMille, George Raft, Ben Bernie, Mae West, and W.C. Fields! Also note that this key book still is on a deluxe heavyweight paper stock and has an extra 1" on the top of the still with punch holes (where the still was kept in a binder). Condition: very good to fine. The still is in very nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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