Uncommonly early inscribed black fountain pen signature on a 4x6-inch tan album page, acquired in-person by an autograph hound named Ethel in the 1930s. In good condition, with gentle toning in spots. Rambunctious British prizefighter-turned-silent leading man-turned-character actor Victor McLaglen snagged an Oscar for The Informer (1935) and also was nominated for The Quiet Man (1952) nearly two decades later. He was elsewhere memorable in The Beloved Brute (1924); The Unholy Three (1925) with Lon Chaney; Beau Geste (1926); Hangman's House (1928); The Gay Caballero (1932); The Lost Patrol (1934) with Boris Karloff; Murder at the Vanities (1934); The Great Hotel Murder (1935); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Gunga Din (1939); Captain Fury (1939); Fort Apache (1948); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949); Rio Grande (1950); Prince Valiant (1954); Around the World in Eighty Days (1956); and Sea Fury (1958).

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