HIGHLY rare vintage black fountain pen signature on a 4x6-inch tan album page, acquired in-person in the late 1930s and decorated with a magazine image. The first we have had in almost a decade! In good condition for its age. Initially confining himself to the stage, Minor Watson made his film debut during the silent era, eventually emerging as a staple character actor in early talkie and Golden Age films. With his friendly face and soft, Southern drawl, he was typically cast as jovial, grandfatherly physicians, shopkeepers, impresarios, military officers, and other authority figures. His countless credits include Charlie Chan in Paris (1935), Boys Town (1938), While New York Sleeps (1938), Fast Company (1938), Of Human Hearts (1938), Television Spy (1939), the horror flick The Monster and the Girl (1941), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Kings Row (1942), Woman of the Year (1942), The Remarkable Andrew (1942), Guadalcanal Diary (1943), The Falcon Out West (1944), Bewitched (1945), The Thin Man Comes Home (1945), A Bell for Adano (1945), Beyond the Forest (1949), The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), and Trapeze (1956).

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