eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2h0347 JANET GAYNOR/CHARLES FARRELL signed sheet music 1930 Just Like In A Story Book, High Society Blues Date Sold 6/12/2022Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed Sheet Music (measures approximately 9" x 12" [23 x 30 cm]; 4 pages) (Learn More) Janet Gaynor was a popular actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Because of her youthful appearance, many people think of her as a 1930s actress, but actually, she was born in 1906, and she moved with her family to Los Angeles in the mid 1920s, and she got a few bit parts in movies, but in 1926, she became a star with her performance in "The Johnstown Flood". She signed with William Fox and starred in a series of movies, especially "Seventh Heaven" and "Sunrise", both in 1927, and "Street Angel" the following year. She won the first Academy Award ever given for Best Actress. Unlike many other top silent actresses, sound did not create a problem for her, for she had a great speaking voice, and she remained just as popular. She starred as Vicki Lester in the 1937 "A Star is Born" (she was 31, but looked much younger). She retired in 1938, making a few appearances decades later. She passed away in 1984 at the age of 77. AND Charles Farrell was an actor from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best remembered for the dozen movies in which he co-starred with Janet Gaynor (they were one of the most successful screen couples ever!). In the 1950s, he had a comeback as the long suffering father of Gale Storm on TV's "My Little Margie". Some of his movies include: Seventh Heaven, City Girl, and The Freshman Important Added Info: Note that this sheet music item has been personally autographed (signed) by BOTH Janet Gaynor AND Charles Farrell! Also note that this sheet music is for the song "Just Like A Story in a Book". Note that this autographed item is part of a remarkable collection. In many of our past all-signed auctions, we auctioned hundreds of items from this collection and now we are auctioning many more signed items! In the 1970s, our consignor was a teacher who taught a film class, and he also part-time ran the local movie theater (and he saved all the presskits from the movies the theater showed). Starting in the late 1970s through the late 1980s, he wrote to famous celebrities, and enclosed an 8x10 still or repro (or sometimes another item) from his collection, and he wrote a literate personalized letter, talking about his work as a film teacher, and discussing his favorite movie by that star. He received signed photos back from a good percentage of the people he wrote to, and if the people simply sent him a stock photo back, he did not save it, but if he felt the autograph was genuine, and if they added a personalized note, then he did save them. In the late 1980s, he pretty much stopped sending letters and photos, simply because he was just too busy. So this item (and the vast majority of the other photos and other items we are auctioning for this consignor) were obtained in the late 1970s or 1980s, through personal correspondence with this star. This is of course excellent, because back at that time celebrities were not selling their signatures nearly as much, and many of the stars were pretty forgotten and were happy to get letters from people like our consignor! He of course does not have any "Certificates of Authenticity", but he only kept ones he felt were surely authentic, and those are the ones we are auctioning. However, bidders can certainly compare the signatures to known examples on the internet to judge for themselves. As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades
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