Extremely uncommon fountain pen signature on a 2x4-inch clipped portion of a financial document, dated 1922. Light handling dings, but in very good condition, overall. Before his tragic suicide by overdose at the age of 45, the decidedly eccentric screenwriter, playwright and author penned scripts for several of the best horror films of the 1930s, including Tod Browning's Dracula (1931) and The Devil-Doll (1936); James Whale's Frankenstein (1931); and Lambert Hillyer's Dracula's Daughter (1936).