Classic Entertainment Autographs

Cat. #0015982313: VERONICA LAKE

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Highly rare vintage magazine portrait, measuring about 7x9 inches, trimmed by its original owner from a 1948 movie magazine, boldly signed in-person near her New York City home with her name alone in black ballpoint pen in the early 1970s, not long before her death. In good condition, with a few minor surface crinkles, and beautiful for framing and display. Gorgeous leading lady, singer and pin-up started out in bit roles in forgettable films of the late 1930s and early 1940s, billed as Constance Keane. In 1941, she landed a speaking role in I Wanted Wings, for which Paramount changed her name to Veronica Lake and contrived her trademark peekaboo hairdo. Audiences adored everything about her-- her acting, her smoky voice, her unique style-- and a star was born. She went on to star in Hold Back the Dawn (1941), Sullivan's Travels (1941), This Gun for Hire (1942), the horror-themed comedy I Married a Witch (1942), The Glass Key (1942), So Proudly We Hail! (1943), and The Blue Dahlia (1946), after which her career inexplicably fizzled. In 1973, the blonde beauty died tragically of hepatitis, aged only 50. Her autograph is highly sought and rather elusive in authentic format.