Scarce vintage mattable signature in turquoise felt-tip pen on a roughly 4x5-inch off-white album page, acquired in-person in the 1960s. In good condition. Nicknamed "Mr. Beefcake", improbably good-looking Rock Hudson earned an Oscar nod for Giant in 1956, and was also memorable in Magnificent Obsession (1954), All That Heaven Allows (1955), Written on a Wind (1956), A Farewell to Arms (1957), Pillow Talk (1959), Come September (1961), Lover Come Back (1961), Send Me No Flowers (1964), and McMilland & Wife (1971). He died tragically of A.I.D.S. in 1985, aged only 59 years.

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