Subject:  Lee Patrick

Size:  8x11

Description:  Extremely rare Warners keybook portrait signed and dated by the great character actress (1901-1982), perfectly cast as Effie in John Huston's evergreen classic, The Maltese Falcon (1941).  Autographed for Richard Lamparski, author of the indispensable Whatever Became of . . . ? series.  Patrick also had roles in City for Conquest (1940), Now, Voyager (1942), The Snake Pit (1948), Caged (1950), Auntie Mame (1958), The Black Bird (1975), and many other films and TV shows.  (Vintage original photograph circa early forties, signed in 1981)

Condition:  Very Fine Minus with some creasing on the lower right corner area and minor age-toning