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Auction History Result 5a064 CARL LAEMMLE JR signed letter '47 thanking friend for loan of two Film Daily year books! Date Sold 11/15/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed Letter (measures 7 1/4" x 10 1/2") (Learn More) Carl Laemmle Jr. was a producer in the 1920s and 1930s. His father, Carl Laemmle Sr., had founded the studio in the early 1910s, and in 1928, he passed control of Universal Pictures to him (he became head of production), and he produced many of Universal's greatest movies including: All Quiet on the Western Front, and their most legendary horror movies, including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, and The Bride of Frankenstein. But he spent too much money on too many movies, and the studio was in rocky financial shape, and in the mid 1930s, the board of directors forced both father and son out of the studio, and neither made another movie (although Junior lived another 43 years, passing away in 1979 at the age of 71). Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally autographed (signed) by Carl Laemmle Jr. (he signed the letter "Junior", which is what he was called, and added a postscript that he also signed)! Note that this item comes from the estate of Paul Kohner, who had a remarkable life! Kohner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1902, and he was a journalist working at his father's newspaper. He came to Hollywood after interviewing Carl Laemmle, who gave him a job as a publicity man. He became the head of Universal's European department in Berlin, and returned to the U.S. in the early 1930s, and left Universal in 1938, becoming a publicity agent. Among his clients were some of the greatest film stars ever, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, and also great directors such as John Huston and Billy Wilder. He had close personal friendships with many of his clients, and he saved every bit of correspondence and paper work from his agency! He was married to actress Lupita Tovar from 1932 until his death in 1988. Amazingly, after his death, few institutions showed interest in his immense files, and only a small amount ended up being saved, with a lot literally thrown away! Our consignor purchased the item offered here from Mr. Kohner's estate in 1989, and he has held it until now, when he has consigned several items from Mr. Kohner's estate to eMoviePoster.com, and each item is being auctioned separately. Condition: good to very good. There is a pencil mark over the center of the letter which appears to have been added afterwards. Otherwise, the letter is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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