Subject: Grace Kelly, Margaret Hamilton, Alice Pearce, and More
Size: Approximately 6.5x9
Description: Daniel Blum's Theatre World, covering the 1950-'51 theatrical season, hardbound book published by Greenberg. With rare signatures of the following:
Grace Kelly (a highly scarce pre-stardom autograph, signed when she was an obscure New York-based actress-model)
Margaret Hamilton, screen immortal for having portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Alice Pearce, quirky-looking character actress famous for her role as Gladys Kravitz in TV's Bewitched
Henry Hull, star of the 1935 horror classic Werewolf of London
Betty Garde, stage and screen actress who appeared in classic Twilight Zone episodes
Martin Rudy
Hildy Parks
Glynis Johns
John Rodney
Elliott Reid (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953)
Reginald Owen, famed character actor in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964)
Walter Matthau (a scarce early signature)
Kent Smith (Val Lewton-Jacques Tourneur's Cat People, 1942)
Joseph Sullivan
Jean Adair (Frank Capra's Arsenic and Old Lace, 1944)
Neva Patterson
Charles Nolte (TV's 13 Demon Street)
Kathleen Bolton
Dorothy Stickney
Ruth McDevitt, character actress in Walt Disney's The Parent Trap (1961), Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), and TV's Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-1975)
Leueen MacGrath
Johnny Stewart
LeRoi Operti
Susan Steell
Richard Purdy
Jared Reed
Marcia Henderson
Russell Collins
Don Keefer, stage and screen actor in Twilight Zone episodes, including the classic It's a Good Life (1961)
Estelle Loring
One unidentified
Many of the signers had illustrious careers on Broadway and early television, which required skilled performers capable of adapting to the demands of live broadcasts. (Vintage first edition, 1951)
Condition: Fine with some small edge tears, minor discoloration, and wear to the jacket