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Basil Rathbone Signed Photo to Donnie Dunagan

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Autographs - Original Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
Basil Rathbone Signed Photo to Donnie Dunagan
<B>Basil Rathbone Signed Photo to Donnie Dunagan.</B></I> A b&w 8" x 10" dashingly handsome headshot of Basil Rathbone, who forever won a hallowed place in vintage horror history via his flamboyant portrayal of the title role in Universal's 1939 classic <I>Son of Frankenstein.</B></I> Rathbone's class and kindness greatly impressed Donnie Dunagan, who played his onscreen son Peter, and the star inscribed, "To Donnie with love from one of his admirers & wishing you & your Mummy & Daddy much & long happiness," signing in black ink. The portrait is especially striking, with a swashbuckling quality (about a year before signing this, Rathbone had waged his classic sword duel with Errol Flynn in <I>The Adventures of Robin Hood</B></I>); it comes from the era when Rathbone reigned as the cinema's greatest villain -- and before he first played Sherlock Holmes. The portrait, and the film and co-player to which it relates, makes this a most desirable artifact from Golden Age Hollywood and Classic Horror. In Very Fine condition with mild age toning and mild wear and/or tack holes to the corners. <I>From the Donnie Dunagan Archive</B></I>.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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