eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5b0049 JEANNE EAGELS signed LC #4 1957 by Kim Novak, who's close up kissing Jeff Chandler! Date Sold 9/26/2023Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Autographed Movie Lobby Card #4 (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) George Sidney's Jeanne Eagels, the 1957 George Sidney romantic biography stage play acting melodrama tragedy ("Story by Daniel Fuchs"; very loosely based on the real life actress; about a woman who gives up her entire life to become a movie star, and finds that she would have much rather become a mother, but by then it is too late, and she dies quite young) starring Kim Novak (in the title role as Jeanne Eagels), Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Drake, Larry Gates, Virginia Grey, and Gene Lockhart. Of course, Jeanne Eagels was an actress from the 1910s until her passing in 1929. Her father died in 1910, leaving his widow with six children, and Jeanne quit school and went to work in a department store. She soon became a dancer and actress in a traveling company in the Midwest. She moved to New York City and became a Ziegfeld Girl, dying her hair blonde. She appeared in some plays, and then some movies in the middle 1910s. In 1922, she starred in the stage play version of Rain, and then toured with it for several years. She appeared several more movies and plays in the late 1920s. During this period, she had problems with drinking, and was disruptive on film sets, sometimes not showing up. In 1928, after she failed to appear for a play performance, she was banned from Actors Equity from appearing on the stage for 18 months, she went to Hollywood and made The Letter (in her nominated for Best Actress Academy Award role) and Jealousy. Soon after she was preparing to return to Broadway, when she passed away at the age of 39, from an overdose (a combination of alcohol, heroin, and chloral hydrate). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this lobby card has been personally autographed (signed) by Kim Novak! Our consignor is a longtime dealer who acquired this signed item among many other purchases in his inventory, and he does not have a certificate of authenticity, but we believe the signature to likely be authentic. Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. 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. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades
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