Auction Date:2010 Mar 10 @ 08:00 (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
Two TLSs, both signed “Greer,” and written to Ted Ashton ( Warner Brother’s unit publicist on many of the studios most successful films), one dated May 1, 1961, the other dated August 27, 1963. The 1961 letter reads, in part, “Certainly missed you at the Academy Awards presentation…Bob Hope paid me a fine compliment when he introduced me and said I had played E. R. so convincingly that now Westbrook Pegler hates me! If the award of Oscar this year to Elizabeth was a sentimental award, as many claim, then I am very glad indeed because it shows that our industry, often accused of being cold and cynical, has a warm heart. I for one was well pleased to see it go to her at this time and I am sure it will speed her good recovery. She is a fine actress, too, and has done splendid work before and will do lots more, I am sure.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds and toning to one letter, and light creases to both.
In 1961, Elizabeth Taylor fell sick and nearly died of pneumonia. Many speculated that Taylor won the 1961 Best Actress Oscar as a “sympathy vote,” clearly Garson included. It is said that even Taylor herself recognized this reasoning for her winning in 1961 and that, in truth, she had despised the Butterfield 8 role which ultimately resulted in her Oscar. A wonderful association between two Golden Age actresses and one of the most notable votes in Academy Awards’ history.
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