Scarce and excellent vintage glossy 7.25 x 9-inch publicity photo by Ed Estabrook, boldly signed and inscribed in black felt-tip pen in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Previously sold by RR Auction. In fine condition, with trimming down from 8x10 inches for framing purposes and an area of irregular emulsion. Great tough guy star Burt Lancaster snagged an Oscar for Elmer Gantry (1960), and was nominated three more times, for From Here to Eternity (1953), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Atlantic City (1980). Other highlights of his superb career include The Killers (1946), Brute Force (1947), I Walk Alone (1948), All My Sons (1948), Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), Criss Cross (1949), Rope of Sand (1949), The Flame and the Arrow (1950), Jim Thorpe-- All American (1950), Come Back, Little Sheba (1952), Vera Cruz (1954), The Rose Tattoo (1955), The Rainmaker (1956), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Separate Tables (1958), The Young Savages (1961), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and The Leopard (1963).

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