Vintage 5x8-inch matte-finish profile portrait, boldly signed in black fountain pen. In good condition. Stolid British leading man Clive Brook was memorable in Underworld (1927), Shanghai Express (1932) and Calvacade (1933), but is probably best remembered as the first actor to portray Sherlock Holmes in a sound film. In 1944, he directed and starred in On Approval, in which he immortalized the wacky genius of comedic actress Beatrice Lillie.

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