Bold vintage black fountain pen signature on a 3x5-inch off-white card, collected by a sailor on the U.S.S. Natchez, who was an avid autograph collector, during the Second World War. In good condition, with minor staining toward upper border of card, well away from the writing. Formidable, fascinating stage and screen star Ethel Barrymore, a member of the Barrymore acting dynasty, was unforgettable in classic films like Rasputin and the Empress (1932), None But the Lonely Heart (1944), The Spiral Staircase (1946), The Farmer's Daughter (1947), The Paradine Case (1947), Portrait of Jennie (1948), The Great Sinner (1948), Pinky (1949), The Story of Three Loves (1953), Young at Heart (1954), and Johnny Trouble (1957).

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