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Auction History Result 8p672 WILLIAM DEMAREST signed 8x10.25 still 1944 great portrait smoking cigar in Once Upon a Time! Date Sold 8/27/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Autographed 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) William Demarest was a character movie actor from the 1920s through the 1960s, who had an incredibly successful career, going from one fine movie to another! His most successful roles were in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Jolson Story (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, and the Preston Sturges movies: Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Hail the Conquering Hero, and The Great McGinty. He played Uncle Charlie on TV's "My Three Sons" (replacing William Frawley, who had played "Bub", who had passed away). Demarest passed away in 1983 at the age of 91. Important Added Info: Note that this still has been personally autographed (signed) by William Demarest! This autographed item was obtained from the estate of a consignor, who recently passed away. He started collecting mostly lobby cards and stills in the late 1960s, and he hit on the idea that he could get a lot of them signed, because he knew that many of the stars were still alive, but that many of them lived in the Motion Picture Home run by the Academy, and he visited there many times, becoming friendly with a number of the stars there. He also was able to meet other older stars, and acquired most of his signatures in person, although a few were acquired through the mail. He went out of his way to obtain signed items from his favorite films and stars, which included It's a Wonderful Life and Harvey (because he became friends with Jimmy Stewart). He was also friends with Moe Howard and Larry Fine, and he obtained many signatures on items from their films, which he loved, and he also was friends with Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, and most of the Munchkins, because he especially loved The Wizard of Oz! His family does not have certificates of authenticity for any of his items, but they do have multiple pictures of him with the stars who signed for him, and we are 100% certain that the items we are auctioning from his collection were personally signed by the stars! 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 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: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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