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Auction History Result 1r0101 JOHN GAVIN signed letter '63 wanting to give up his Mercedes & to do Alfred Hitchcock TV show Date Sold 8/6/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed Letter (measures 8 1/2" x 11"; 2 pages) (Learn More) John Gavin was an actor from the 1950s to the 1980s. He is best remembered for his role as Sam Loomis in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". Some of his other movies include: Spartacus, Imitation of Life, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Midnight Lace, and A Time to Love and a Time to Die. He passed away in 2018 at the age of 86. Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally autographed (signed) by John Gavin! It has cool content where he mentions possibly giving up his Mercedes and losing his deposit, and also doing a second Alfred Hitchcock TV show (they paid him $7,500 for the first one, but now they only want to pay him $5,000, likely because his career was not going so well, but they made an excuse to explain the lowered salary!). Also note that this item comes from the estate of Paul Kohner, who had a remarkable life! Kohner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1902, and he was a journalist working at his father's newspaper. He came to Hollywood after interviewing Carl Laemmle, who gave him a job as a publicity man. He became the head of Universal's European department in Berlin, and returned to the U.S. in the early 1930s, and left Universal in 1938, becoming a publicity agent. Among his clients were some of the greatest film stars ever, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, and also great directors such as John Huston and Billy Wilder. He had close personal friendships with many of his clients, and he saved every bit of correspondence and paper work from his agency! He was married to actress Lupita Tovar from 1932 until his death in 1988. Amazingly, after his death, few institutions showed interest in his immense files, and only a small amount ended up being saved, with a lot literally thrown away! Our consignor purchased the item offered here from Mr. Kohner's estate in 1989, and he has held it until now, when he has consigned several items from Mr. Kohner's estate to eMoviePoster.com, and each item is being auctioned separately. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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