eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2a228 DICK POWELL/JOAN BLONDELL signed contract + vintage 8x10 still '39 by both, with publicist! Date Sold 6/19/2012Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed Contract (measures 8 1/2" x 11"; 1 page). Also included is an original vintage 8" x 10" movie still (Learn More) Dick Powell was an actor from the 1930s to the 1960s. Some of his movies include: Just Around the Corner, Gold Diggers of 1933, Murder, My Sweet, Footlight Parade, and The Bad and the Beautiful. He was a light romantic musical star in the 1930s (and he released several albums during this period), and then he completely "reinvented" himself in the 1940s, playing tough guys in movies such as "Murder, My Sweet"! He was married to actresses Joan Blondell and June Allyson. He passed away in 1963 at the age of 58. He was one of the many actors who died from cancer after filming the 1956 film The Conqueror, which was shot downwind from nuclear weapons testing sites. AND Joan Blondell was a popular Warner Bros. actress from the 1930s to the 1980s, often in movies with James Cagney. She was born "Rose Joan Blondell" in 1906, and under the name "Rosebud Blondell" she won the 1926 Miss Dallas pageant and placed fourth for Miss America in Atlantic City that same year. Placed under contract by Warners in 1930, she moved to Hollywood where studio boss Jack Warner wanted her to change her name to "Inez Holmes", but Blondell refused. She appeared in lots of Warner Bros movies of the 1930s, and she helped define what "pre-Code" means! She also was one of the very few sexy actresses who not only did not die young, but she also successfully transitioned to character roles, and she had significant character roles in all the decades from the 1940s through the late 1970s! Some of her movies include: Nightmare Alley, The Public Enemy, Footlight Parade, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Blue Veil (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), and Blonde Crazy Important Added Info: Note that this contract (which is the second page only) has been personally autographed (signed) by BOTH Dick Powell AND Joan Blondell! Included with the page of the contract is a vintage 8x10 of Blondell and Powell appearing together for the first time as man and wife in the movie ironically titled "I Want a Divorce" (the photo is stamped by photographer Don English). Note that this item was consigned to us by a man who has been 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. Both we and our consignor feel it is quite likely that the autograph on this item is authentic, but he does not have a certificate of authenticity. Condition: good to very good. The page of the contract has paper loss in two areas in the border, but the signatures are unaffected. The photo has some tiny paper loss in the left border and a 1" tear in the left of the bottom border, with some creases and indentations in the top center. Learn More about condition grades
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