Subject:  Jeffrey Hunter

Size:  Slightly under 7x10

Description:  Exceptionally scarce two-page typed letter signed with his nickname, Hannes; mailing envelope included.  Sent to his close friend, socialite and philanthropist J. Watson Webb, from Georgia, where the tragic actor was on location filming the Walt Disney production The Great Locomotive Chase (1956).  Outstanding, heartfelt content with personal details and filmmaking anecdotes.  Hunter's films include John Ford's The Searchers (1956), The Biblical classic King of Kings (directed by Nicholas Ray, 1961), and the interesting film noir Brainstorm (1965).  He starred in the Star Trek pilot episode, "The Cage" (1965).  His untimely death following a fall occurred in 1969, when he was only forty-two.  (Vintage item from October 1, 1955)

Condition:  Very Fine with insignificant wear; folded for mailing but stored flat