HARRY CAREY 1941 PRESENTATION - 200 SIGNATURES OF HOLLYWOOD SCREEN LEGENDS

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Here is a ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY to own a TRUE PIECE OF HOLLYWOOD HISTORY. Offered here is a FANTASTIC 1941 v
ery rare and interesting document commemorating early Hollywood film
star, Harry Carey's 33 anniversary in the film industry. This decorative rawhide parchment has been signed by the biggest names in Hollywood from its earliest beginnings through the 1980s, including
names like John Ford, Betty Davis, John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Judy Garland, Clark Gable, Cecil B. DeMille, Louis B. Mayer, Samuel Goldwyn, William Wyler, Abbot & Costello, Henry Fonda, Elia Kazan,
Gregory Peck and approximately 200 other celebrities. It is truly an amazing document. Also included: Eleven lobby cards from some of his most memorable movies; Newspaper clipping regarding the
party at which the commemorative parchment was presented to Carey; Letter from Chief Archivist at the Screen Actors Guild attesting to the importance on this one-of-a-kind document.
HARRY CAREY (1878 – 1947)
Henry “Harry” Carey, born in
the Bronx, New York
in 1878
, was an American
actor
and one of
silent film
's earliest superstars, usually cast as a
Western
hero. One of his best known performances is as the
president of the United States Senate
in the drama film
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939), for which he was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
.
Carey first appeared in a film in 1908. He was contracted to make four films—not only acting but also doing his own stunt work. He is best remembered as one of the first stars of the
Western film
genre.
In 1911, he was signed by D.W. Griffith. His first film for Griffith was
The Sorrowful Shore
, a sea story.
One of his most popular roles was as the good-hearted outlaw Cheyenne Harry. The Cheyenne Harry franchise spanned two decades, from
A Knight of the Range
(1916) to
Aces Wild
(1936). Carey starred in director
John Ford
's first feature film,
Straight Shooting
(1917).
Carey's rugged frame and craggy features were well suited to westerns and outdoor adventures. When sound films arrived, Carey displayed an assured, gritty baritone voice that suited his rough-hewn screen personality. He was the logical choice for the title role in
MGM
's outdoor jungle epic
Trader Horn
. By this time Carey, already in his fifties, was too mature for most leading roles, and the only starring roles that he was offered were in low-budget westerns and
serials
. He soon settled into a comfortable career as a solid, memorable character actor. Among his other notable later roles were that of M/Sgt. Robert White, crew chief of the bomber "Mary Ann" in the 1943
Howard Hawks
film
Air Force
and Mr. Melville, the cattle buyer, in Hawks's
Red River
. Carey made his
Broadway
stage debut in 1940, in
Heavenly Express
with
John Garfield
.
As an homage to him
,
John Wayne
held his right elbow with his left hand in the closing shot of
The Searchers
, imitating a stance Carey himself often used in his films. According to Wayne, both he and Carey's widow Olive (who costarred in the film) wept when the scene was finished.
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