Scarce vintage 8x10-inch glossy black and white portrait, boldly signed and inscribed in black fountain pen in the 1930s. In good condition, with some brushing to the ink in the dedication, scattered handling dings, one touching his left cheek, slightly detracting from overall appearance. Brusk, gravelly-voiced character actor Lionel Stander began his career in early talkie comedy shorts, alongside Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Shemp Howard, Daphne Pollard, Bob Hope, and others. His full-length credits include the classic films The Gay Deception (1935), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Meet Nero Wolfe (1936), A Star Is Born (1937), Hangmen Also Die! (1943), and The Kid from Brooklyn (1946). He was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, abandoning Hollywood to work on Wall Street, but did make a brief comeback in television work in the 1960s.

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