Quite scarce vintage 8x10-inch black and white publicity portrait, boldly signed and inscribed in black fountain pen in the 1940s. In good condition, with a few scattered handling. Heavyset character actor Howard Freeman entered the film industry in 1942, spending over two decades playing oily businessmen, pompous government officials, and gruff fathers or neighborhood busybodies, often with a comedic touch. Some of his better known films include The Human Comedy (1943), Hitler's Madman (1943), Madame Curie (1943), A Song to Remember (1945), House of Horrors (1946), Night and Day (1946), The Blue Dahlia (1946), If You Knew Susie (1948), Summer Holiday (1948), Letter from an Unknown Wife (1948), The Snake Pit (1948), and Scaramouche (1952). 

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