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Auction History Result 9r038 ADOLPHE MENJOU 5x7 fan photo '20s head & shoulders portrait with facsimile signature! Date Sold 1/14/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Fan Photo (5x7; measures 5" x 7"), with facsimile signature (Learn More) Adolphe Menjou was an actor from the 1910s to the 1960s. He was born in 1890 in Pittsburgh (even though he seemed European!) to a French father and an Irish mother, and his father disapproved of show business, but while at college, Adolphe changed his major to liberal arts and started appearing in plays. He moved to New York when he was 25, but couldn't make it on Broadway, and appeared in minor movies in the middle 1910s. He served in World War I and then afterwards went behind the camera working as a production manager. In 1921, he moved to Hollywood, and got leading roles in movies and became a major star throughout the 1920s and 1930s, and then he seamlessly switched to character roles. He had a wonderful part in Paths of Glory as the slimy General Broulard near the end of his career. Some of his other movies include: Little Miss Marker, Golden Boy, The Marriage Circle, and Stage Door. He passed away in 1963 at the age of 73. Important Added Info: Note that this photo was sent by Hollywood studios to fans who sent letters to their favorite star. They would send a photo like this, printed on a nice paper stock with a facsimile autograph in a pre-printed envelope with the star's name and their studio as the return address, and there was a backing board within the envelope to protect the photo. This photo and envelope is one of a group of 25 photos and envelopes that were received by a specific fan who lived in Massachusetts in the 1920s, and who carefully saved them for many years! Each of the 25 are being sold in a separate auction. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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