Scarce vintage black fountain pen signature on a 4x6-inch tan autograph album page, acquired in-person in 1939 and decorated with a small magazine image. In good condition, with a few minor surface crinkles. Probably best known for his portrayal of Judge James Hardy, opposite Judy Garland, in MGM's popular Andy Hardy film series, silent through Golden Age character actor Lewis S. Stone was memorable in classics like The Prisoner of Zenda (1922), sci-fi's The Lost World (1925), The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927), Madame X (1929), Mata Hari (1931), The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) with Boris Karloff, The White Sister (1933), The Mystery of Mr. X (1934), Treasure Island (1934), David Copperfield (1935), The Hoodlum Saint (1946), and Angels in the Outfield (1951).

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