ENTERTAINMENT: A good selection of A.Ls.S. (9), T.Ls.S. (8) and two signed greetings cards by various film and stage actors and actresses (some of them Academy Award winners), singers and playwrights etc., including Noel Coward (two attractive signed New Year?s greetings cards, each featuring appealing images of Coward), Michael Redgrave (2; in one referring to filming The Hill, and mentioning his wife, Rachel Kempson, and in another referring to the play Hughie), Mary Pickford, Charles ?Buddy? Rogers (2), Terence Rattigan, Anthony Newley (2), Luise Rainer (in part, ?We just returned from Italy. Robert flew back, I drove the Jaguar from Venice to here - all by my "little self" within 46 hours. A fact I am, of course, immensly proud of. I hate the Germans with enough intensety (sic) to grow wings while passing through?), Mary Martin (2), John Mills (in part ?My agent in this case was telling the truth - I shall not be available in the Spring owing to another committment. I do feel, however, that having never appeared on the stage in New York I would prefer to make my first appearance in a straight play rather than a musical. I also felt, reading the lyrics of the numbers, that perhaps my voice wouldn?t be all that was required, as it seems to me that they would call for a rather large "ballardy" kind of noise. As you know I did sing in musical comedy for several years some time ago, but I never sang anything but the rather light musical comedy music. However, I could be wrong about this, as I say I have not heard the score. I was very impressed with the script and thought that it was extremely well written and far above the average?), Hayley Mills, Roddy McDowall (2) etc. The letters date from the 1950s to 1970s and are all addressed to Arnold Weissberger, several making references to photographs that he had sent to the correspondents. Generally VG, 19

L. Arnold Weissberger (1907-1981) American theatrical lawyer who represented many prominent artists and theatrical personalities. A keen amateur photographer, Weissberger enjoyed privileged access to the leading cultural figures of his day and published two notable collections of his informal portraits. The first, Close-Up: A Collection of Photographs, appeared in 1967 in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York and featured candid portraits of actors, writers, composers and directors. This was followed by the much more extensive Famous Faces: A Photograph Album of Personal Reminiscences (1973), comprising nearly 1,500 photographs accompanied by Weissberger's recollections and contributions from such friends as No?l Coward, John Gielgud, Igor Stravinsky, Rebecca West and Orson Welles.