September 29th Rare Autograph & Document Auction

Lot #201:

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.-The Prisoner of Zenda

Suave vintage 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, from the movie The Prisoner of Zenda.

With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA

The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1937 American black-and-white adventure film based on Anthony Hope's 1894 novel of the same name and the 1896 play. A lookalike has to step in when his royal distant relative is kidnapped to prevent his coronation. This version is widely considered the best of the many film adaptations of the novel and play. Alfred Newman received the first of his 43 Academy Award nominations, for Original Music Score, while Lyle R. Wheeler was nominated for Best Art Direction. In 1991, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry.