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Rita Johnson was an actress from the 1930s to the 1950s. She had the talent to become an Olympic swimmer, but she could not afford to do so, and she turned to acting. Her drama teacher told her she had "no talent", but she persisted (and years later, when she achieved success, the teacher sent her a letter of apology, and she kept it framed on her wall). She started on the Broadway stage in 1935, and then was signed to a Hollywood contract by MGM. Some of her movies include: The Girl Downstairs, The Big Clock, The Major and the Minor, and Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Hers is one of the more bizarre stories ever to come out of Hollywood. In 1948, it was reported that she had sustained brain damage from a hair dryer falling on her head! Further news stories indicated that she had been involved with a gangster who physically assaulted her over and over, and it seemed much more likely that this was the cause of her brain damage. She was no longer able to act, and she became an alcoholic, and passed away in 1965 at the age of 52. It is surprising that no Hollywood biography of her life was ever made, but perhaps it is just too sad a story.

Important Added Info: Note that this still has been personally autographed (signed) by Rita Johnson! Also note that this is a deluxe still printed on double weight paper stock.

Note that this item was consigned to us by a man who was a major movie memorabilia dealer from the 1980s on. During that time, he would regularly purchase collections of movie memorabilia from both dealers and collectors, and in some of those collections he purchased autographed items, and over the years he did not re-sell any of the autographed items. Now he has gathered up together all of his autographed items and consigned them to us. So all of the items from this consignor we are auctioning were purchased by this dealer from longtime dealers and collectors, and we feel it is quite likely that the autograph on this item is authentic!

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.

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