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Auction History Result 9r206 LEWIS STONE signed deluxe 6.5x9 still '27 head & shoulders portrait looking stern! Date Sold 3/6/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Autographed Deluxe 6 1/2" x 9" [17 x 23 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Lewis Stone was born in 1879, and he was one of those actors who looked "old" even when he was in his thirties, and he continued acting until his late sixties, making over 200 movies, including many silents. He seemed destined to be a second tier actor, never quite being a major star, but in 1937 his studio, MGM, made a movie centered around a kindly judge and his family in a small town, You're Only Young Once, and Stone had the lead role as Judge James K. Hardy. But while the movie proved very successful, and spawned a slew of sequels, it was the judge's teen son, Andy Hardy, played by Mickey Rooney, who proved most popular, even though he was a pretty minor character in that first movie (note that MGM did not even picture him on the original poster!). The focus of the series quickly spread to that character, although Lewis Stone would remain in to the series, proving to be America's most quintessential "father figure" (at least until Robert Young came along in radio and TV's "Father Knows Best"). Some of his other movies include: The Patriot (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Queen Christina, Grand Hotel, Scaramouche, Lost World, and Prisoner of Zenda. Stone passed away in 1953 at the age of 73. Important Added Info: Note that this still has been personally autographed (signed) by Lewis Stone! Note that this is a deluxe still printed on double weight paper stock. Also note that this still has been trimmed and it now measures 6 1/2" x 9" [17 x 23 cm]. About the Collection this Item Comes From Note that this item (and 27 others we are auctioning this week, each in its own auction) was consigned to us by a man who was a major movie memorabilia dealer in the 1970s and 1980s. During that time, he was approached by an elderly man named Sterling H. Bond, who had collected autographs for many years (starting in the early 1930s), and who sold the dealer his entire collection. Bond had tracked down many important Hollywood celebrities and obtained autographed items (often personalized to him), and he also had autographs from celebrities who were not in the film business (including famous politicians!). The dealer was so impressed with this collection that rather than sell it item by item, he began collecting autographs himself, sending celebrities items by Registered Mail which they then autographed and returned to him! He also purchased a few autographed items from top autograph dealers of the 1970s and 1980s. Now, decades later, the dealer has consigned these autographed items to us. So all of these 28 autographed items we are auctioning were either obtained by long time collector Sterling H. Bond, or were obtained by this memorabilia dealer, and we feel certain that the autograph on this item is authentic! Note that each of the 28 items from this consignor all have this paragraph on them. Condition: good to very good. The still was slightly trimmed and there is a tiny piece of tape in each corner. Learn More about condition grades 
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