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Bela Lugosi Signed Portrait to Evan Hoskins

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Bela Lugosi Signed Portrait to Evan Hoskins
<B>Bela Lugosi Signed Photo Inscribed to Evan Hoskins, Dated 1935.</B></I> A strikingly brooding 8" x 10" study of Bela Lugosi, in profile, hands clenched, gaze turbulent, signed in fountain ink "To Evan Hoskins in remembrance Bela Lugosi Nov. 1935." This was the apex of Lugosi's popularity; in 1935, he had starred in such classic melodramas as <I>Mark of the Vampire</B></I> and <I>The Raven,</B></I> traveled to England for <I>Mystery of Marie Celeste</B></I> and, at the time he signed this picture, had just completed Universal's <I>The Invisible Ray</B></I> with Boris Karloff. Hoskins was a Hollywood publicist whose work on Bela's behalf later included arranging the famous "hypnosis stunt" for <I>Black Friday</B></I> (1940), when Lugosi pretended to be hypnotized while performing his death scene. In Excellent condition. <I>From the Marian Marsh Archives</B></I>. <I>Accompanied by LOA from PSA/DNA.</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>)