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Dorothy Lamour

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Dorothy Lamour

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Auction Date:2011 Nov 09 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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
TLS signed “Dottie (Lamour Howard),” two pages, 8.5 x 11, June 25, 1968. In an apology to actress Vivian Austin, Lamour writes, in part: “I just do not know HOW to begin this letter to you, except to TRY to tell the truth, and hope and pray that you will believe me—and above all, forgive me for being so—what I am sure seemed to be to you—rude and thoughtless—the day you came backstage at Pasadena, last winter. We opened the tour on November 14—and before that, I had played the show in Vegas for eight weeks in the summer—and from the day we began the tour, until we played Pasadena, I had not had ONE day off—and during this time, there were sometimes eight or nine days in a row, where we did ‘one–nighters’…By the time we got to California, I was so completely knocked out, that I could hardly remember my name, plus the fact that I had such a terrible cold, that I had to cancel the Joey Bishop show, inorder [sic] to keep my strength and my voice for ‘Hello, Dolly’.—and, my poor Bill, who suffers from emphezema, also had a terrible cold—and, well, we were BOTH ready for the closest hospital!!!! Then, the day you came to the show, so many people rushed in on me—some from the studio, whom I had not seen for many years—and the place was so crowded, that I guess I actually did not realize it was you, until it was all over with and finally got to reading some of my mail, in which I found your beautiful letter…Well, this is my story, Vivian, and I do hope that you will understand my strange actions in Pasadena—and that you will forgive me. From what you told me in your letter about the trouble you had with your eyes, I guess our ‘troubles’ sound very minor to you—but you are a GOOD woman, and God made it possible for you to find Dr. Kenneth Grow…if you have a minute, please drop me a note (I will put our living address below) and let me know that you understand my actions in Pasadena.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one of which only lightly affects the signature. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.
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