Leading Figures of Hollywood - Emil Jannings, Olivia de Havilland, Harry Davenport, Beulah Bondi, Charles Laughton

Vintage 3.5 x 5.5 German postcard photo of Emil Jannings, signed "E. Jannings" in bold fountain pen. In fine condition.

Vintage glossy 8" x 10" photo of Olivia de Havilland alongside costar Gilbert Roland in "That Lady." The photo is signed "Olivia de Havilland" in black ink. Some tears along the right edge but in otherwise fine condition.

6" x 4.25" album page, signed "Harry Davenport" in black ink. A photo of the late actor is affixed to the bottom right with glue and covering part of the signature. In fine condition.

A "Beulah Bondi" cut signature on a 4" x 4" size piece. A photo of her is affixed to the the top left of the paper. Part of the signature goes into the photo. The signature is in black ink and in fine condition.

A "Charles Laughton" cut signature on a 6.25" x 4" size piece. The signature is in blue ink and in fine condition.

Emil Jannings (23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. As of 2022, Jannings is the only German ever to have won the category.

Olivia de Havilland (July 1, 1916 – July 26, 2020) was a British-American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actors of her time. At the time of her death at age 104, she was the oldest living and earliest surviving Academy Award winner and was widely considered as being the last surviving major star from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema

Harry Davenport (January 19, 1866 – August 9, 1949) was an American film and stage actor who worked in show business from the age of six until his death. After a long and prolific Broadway career, he came to Hollywood in the 1930s, where he often played grandfathers, judges, doctors, and ministers. His roles include Dr. Meade in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Grandpa in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).

Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English, and later naturalized American, stage and film actor. Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future wife Elsa Lanchester, with whom he lived and worked until his death.

Beulah Bondi (born Beulah Bondy; May 3, 1889 – January 11, 1981) was an American character actress; she often played eccentric mothers and later grandmothers and wives, although she was known for numerous other roles. She began her acting career as a young child in theater, and after establishing herself as a Broadway stage actress in 1925, she reprised her role in Street Scene for the 1931 film version.

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