Vintage blue ballpoint pen signature on a 3.25 x 5.25-inch light green album page, acquired in-person by a busy New York City-based autograph hound in the early 1950s and decorated with a small Players Directory image. In good condition, with the first letter in his name coming very close to but not actually touching the left edge. Western flick favorite John Ireland earned an Academy Award nomination for 1949's All the King's Men, making him the first British Columbian-born actor to receive this honor.

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