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Carole Lombard

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Carole Lombard

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Auction Date:2011 Aug 10 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
American actress (1908–1942) who enjoyed great success as a popular screen comedienne in the 1930s, and who became Mrs. Clark Gable in 1939. On January 16, 1942, the plane in which Lombard was traveling en route to a war bond rally crashed into Mount Potosi near Las Vegas, killing all 22 aboard. TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, November 4, 1940. Letter to Danny Winkler at RKO Pictures. In full: “Will you kindly authorize your accounting department to forward to me each week, if possible, a statement of the proceeds from my last picture They Knew What They Wanted and on all pictures in the future. I should like them to show on each statement not only the weekly proceeds but the totals to date.” Punch and staple holes to top, a horizontal mailing fold through tops of a few letters of signature, and some scattered light toning, otherwise fine condition. Lombard’s dramatic roles were much less successful than her comedic parts, and as this letter indicates, she followed the financial results of her films, prompting her return to lighter roles including Hitchcock’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 1941.