Extensive Collection of Cast Member Signatures and other Ephemera from Gone with the Wind.
Selznick, 1939. A large treasure trove of clipped signatures, signed letters, and contracts from most of the main players, supporting players, and even some bit players in Gone with the Wind, including: a group of 8-typed letters signed by Olivia de Havilland; 1-page from a magazine signed by Olivia de Havilland; 1-photograph of 'Melanie' and 'Ashley,' signed 'Olivia de Havilland, Melanie'; 1-black and white photograph of de Havilland in costume as Melanie Hamilton, inscribed, 'Very good wishes, Olivia de Havilland and Melanie'; 1-first draft script from The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind, for which de Havilland was set to participate before she rejected the project, with a note handwritten by de Havilland's friend, Robert Osborne, in the script in which he writes, 'This, from Olivia, is the first draft of the Selznick boys [sic] planned doc on GWTW – the one Olivia rejected. Vastly different than the one that finally emerged – and how!'; 1-Ona Munson autograph letter signed; 1-Sidney Howard signed note with original envelope; 1-contract signed by Sidney Howard; a group of 4-autograph letters signed by Ann Rutherford; 1-application for membership in the American Federation of Radio Artists filled out and signed by Evelyn Keyes; 1-autograph letter signed by Marsha Hunt (who tested for the part of Melanie). With 1-color photograph covered with signatures of 13-members of the cast including Olivia de Havilland, Ann Rutherford, Rand Brooks, Evelyn Keyes, Butterfly McQueen, Cammie King, Fred Crane, Frank 'Junior' Coghlan, Mickey Kuhn, and others; vintage portraits of Ona Munson; Victor Jory; Isabel Jewell; Harry Davenport; George Hackathorne (also signed by him); Evelyn Keyes (also signed by her); David O. Selznick; and Laura Hope Crews (two, one by Florence Vandamm, New York); and signatures of the following: Isabel Jewell; Ona Munson; David O. Selznick; Olin Howland; Clark Gable; Leslie Howard; Yakima Canutt; Thomas Mitchell; Marcella Rabwin; Victor Jory; George Cukor; Tommy Kelly; Evelyn Keyes; Harry Davenport; Jack Moran; Olivia de Havilland; Barbara O'Neil; Ann Rutherford; John Hay Whitney; Lily Kemble Cooper; Carroll Nye; Paul Hurst; Frank 'Junior' Coghlan; Patrick Curtis; Eric Linden; Ward Bond; Si Jenks; William Bakewell; Cammie King; John Arledge; Mary Young; Jane Darwell; Laura Hope Crews; Mickey Kuhn; Roscoe Ates; Cliff Edwards; Rand Brooks; J. M. Kerrigan; Frank Faylen; Butterfly McQueen; Fred Crane; and Robert Gleckler (who was originally cast in the part of Jonas Wilkerson but who died after filming began and had to be replaced by Victor Jory); together with reproduction photographs; and related material. All exhibit expected age and some handling.
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Provenance
The Collection of Dr. Christopher Sullivan.