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Item Description

Movie Studio Cards were very popular during the 1920s to the 1960s. When you would write to a studio or celebrity, it was very common to be sent a 5x7 of the celebrity with a facsimile signature.

DESCRIPTION: In this lot are 3 original vintage movie photo cards:

Huntley Gordon was born in Montreal, while owning his own stock trading firm, left the business to try acting. Gordon was recruited by Ralph Ince for Vitagraph in NYC and soon became leading man. His career spanned from 1916 to 1949 with 135 acting credits before retiring.

William Gargan began his career as a salesman for bootleg whiskey during prohibition and detective. His older brother, Edward Gargan, was an actor steered him to showbiz during the change to sound. His career spanned from 1929 until 1958 with 104 acting credits until he was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1958.

Jack Holt while looking for work volunteered to ride a horse over a cliff in a stunt and was given a small part in gratitude beginning his career. Holt started with westerns with a career spanning 192 acting credits from 1914 to 1951 when he died of a heart attack.

CONDITION: All 3 are in Very Good to Very Good+ with some slight edge wear and storage curves due to age.

Item Special Note

PLEASE NOTE:  Watermark is NOT on the actual photographs!  Click on images to enlarge.

Movie Poster Archives is a 501c3 non-profit corporation dedicated to documenting and digitizing film accessories in development of the first physical and digital repository. The items listed for sale are items that are lagniappe (extra) pieces beyond what is needed for the MPA programs or do not fit into the MPA program parameters. These lagniappe items are sold to raise funds for overhead and development of MPA programs and sold as is with no rights given or implied.

Valuation:  Since this material is lagniappe or does not fit into our preservation programs, we do not assess their market value.  Price is established to cover our processing, storing and shipping supplies and leave a nominal profit for our programs.

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