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Bud Abbott was an actor from the 1940s to the 1950s. Part of the immortal comedy duo alongside Lou Costello, best roles were in Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein, Hold That Ghost, and Who Done It. He passed away in 1974 at the age of 78. Click on Lou Costello's name to learn much more about them! AND Robert Young was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1907, but he grew up mostly in Los Angeles. After graduation, he performed at the Pasadena Playhouse, had a few bit parts in silent films, and joined a stock company, and in 1931 was signed by MGM to a contract. He was very likeable, but rather bland (studio head Louis B. Mayer said he has no sex appeal!), and he starred in many MGM movies of the 1930s opposite some of their top female stars. When his contract with MGM ended, he worked for several studios, and he made some of his best remembered movies in the 1940s, including The Enchanted Cottage, They Won't Believe Me and Crossfire. In 1949, with his movie career declining, Young took the lead in a new radio show, Father Knows Best. Except for Young, it had an entirely different cast from the later TV series, and in it, the father was controlling and ordered around his saintly wife and annoying kids, and he was far from a good father (by today's standards he would be called verbally abusive)! In 1954, the show moved to TV, but only Robert Young stayed with the show. Beautiful saintly former movie star Jane Wyatt was cast as his wife, and the show struggled at first (changing networks twice) but ultimately became a big hit, and went off the air in 1960 only because Young wanted to do something else after 12 years in the same role, and it has been on the air in reruns ever since. In 1969, Young had a second giant hit TV show, Marcus Welby, M.D., where he played a saintly old doctor with a young brash assistant (played by James Brolin), and it stayed on the air until 1976. Contrary to his ultra-nice image, Young had been an alcoholic for many years, and it was not until the show went off the air that he finally got sober. He appeared in a few TV movies before he passed away in 1998, at the age of 91.

Important Added Info: Note that this envelope has been personally autographed (signed) by BOTH Bud Abbott AND Robert Young! Of course, the new owner can cut the envelope in half and display the two autographs separately, likely with a nice repro or vintage photo. Our consignor inherited this from his uncle who lived in Hollywood in the 1940s, and he went to many events that celebrities attended (like sneak previews), and he would try to get autographs from the stars who appeared. In the case of this envelope, he acquired these autographs on 5-25-44, and he wrote that date in pencil under the autographs. Our consignor does not have a certificate of authenticity, but we think it is very likely the signatures are 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 (although we prefer they do any "authenticating" while the auction is "live" and before they place a bid) 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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