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Handwritten Personal and Confidential All-Star Birthday List For Van Johnson's Son Ned

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Handwritten Personal and Confidential All-Star Birthday List For Van Johnson's Son Ned
Handwritten Personal and Confidential All-Star Birthday List For Van Johnson's Son Ned - We can all remember our own 21st birthday. Perhaps we had some friends over, and went to a bar, since we could finally drink legally. However, most of us didn't have a guest list that reads like the who's-who of the greatest legends in Hollywood! However, when you are the son of the biggest matinee idol of his day, Van Johnson, and his beloved wife Evie, it's another story! This is an amazing and fascinating true slice of the golden days of Hollywood now long gone! It is Evie's own personal handwritten guest list for her son Ned's big 21st birthday bash. Besides being a "black tie" affair, her notes on who was invited is staggering (and includes their personal phone numbers!). Among the over 200 names (with notes) include , Gene Kelly, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, Dick Powell, Kirk Douglas, Cary Grant, Tuesday Weld, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodword, Jack Lemmon, Caesar Romero, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Aaron Spelling and Carolyn Jones, Paul Stewart, Lana Turner, Rock Hudson, Martha Raye, Stephen Boyd, John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Peter and Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Peter Lawford, Hugh O'Brian, director Henry Hathaway, Clifton Webb, Rod Taylor, Jim Backus, and Ann Sothern. The list comes from Van Johnson's Estate and includes a letter of Provenience from his daughter.