Uncommon vintage 10x8-inch black and white publicity portrait for The Devil Is Driving (1932), boldly signed and inscribed in black fountain pen in the early 1930s. Note that Dinehart typically used a secretary to sign for fans who contacted him through the mail-- This one is the real McCoy. In fine condition, with some light surface dings in spots. Before his death at the age of 54, tall, heavy-set character actor Alan Dinehart played shifty businessmen, crooked politicians, nasty racketeers, and other villainous types in films like Supernatural (1933), A Study in Scarlet (1933), Jimmy the Gent (1934), Dante's Inferno (1935), Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936), The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936), and The House of Fear (1939).

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