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Lot 1069

A signed photograph of MGM's top stars of 1939 including Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, and others

10 December 2019, 14:00 PST
Los Angeles

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A signed photograph of MGM's top stars of 1939 including Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, and others

Silver gelatin matte photograph of MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer with his highest paid and most popular stars of 1939 (celebrating Lionel Barrymore's 61st birthday), signed to MGM publicist Howard Strickling by Mickey Rooney, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, William Powell, Robert Taylor, Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, and Rosalind Russell (still in her costume from filming The Women). Strickling was the keeper of the MGM secrets and was instrumental in keeping the press at bay when MGM's stars would find themselves in trouble. His connections with the Los Angeles Police Department and payoffs to the media saved many a career during MGM's tenure as the most successful movie studio in Hollywood.
Provenance: the collection of Tom Heyes.
8 x 10 in.

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