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Gershwin, George. (1898–1937) [Kalmar, Bert. (1884-1947)] Signed Photograph to Bert Kalmar
Gershwin, George. (1898–1937) [Kalmar, Bert. (1884-1947)] Signed Photograph to Bert Kalmar
Gershwin, George. (1898–1937) [Kalmar, Bert. (1884-1947)] Signed Photograph to Bert Kalmar
Gershwin, George. (1898–1937) [Kalmar, Bert. (1884-1947)] Signed Photograph to Bert Kalmar
Gershwin, George. (1898–1937) [Kalmar, Bert. (1884-1947)] Signed Photograph to Bert Kalmar
Gershwin, George. (1898–1937) [Kalmar, Bert. (1884-1947)] Signed Photograph to Bert Kalmar
Gershwin, George. (1898–1937) [Kalmar, Bert. (1884-1947)] . Signed Photograph to Bert Kalmar.

Doubleweight silver gelatin Renato Toppo of New York photograph portrait of the composer at the piano, signed and inscribed to the lower blank margin in black ink, "To Bert - with friendliest greetings + admiration / George Gershwin / Nov. 15 1936". Photograph measures 10 x 7.76 inches (25 x 20 cm); fixed to a mat 14 x 11 inches (35 x 28 cm). Very fine. 

American songwriter and screenwriter Bert Kalmar was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. With his music publishing company, Kalmar and Puck, he collaborated with a number of songwriters, including Harry Puck and Harry Ruby and by 1918, Kalmar and Ruby had formed a permanent songwriting team. Together, they wrote the musical score for the Marx Brothers' stage production of Animal Crackers (1928) and subsequent film version and their songs were also featured in the Marx Brothers' films Horse Feathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933) and A Night in Casablanca (1946). Kalmar's partnership with Ruby was portrayed in the 1950 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Three Little Words, starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton.  He also collaborated with Oscar Hammerstein II, Ted Snyder and other songwriters.

Gershwin, George. (1898–1937) [Kalmar, Bert. (1884-1947)] Signed Photograph to Bert Kalmar

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Gershwin, George. (1898–1937) [Kalmar, Bert. (1884-1947)] . Signed Photograph to Bert Kalmar.

Doubleweight silver gelatin Renato Toppo of New York photograph portrait of the composer at the piano, signed and inscribed to the lower blank margin in black ink, "To Bert - with friendliest greetings + admiration / George Gershwin / Nov. 15 1936". Photograph measures 10 x 7.76 inches (25 x 20 cm); fixed to a mat 14 x 11 inches (35 x 28 cm). Very fine. 

American songwriter and screenwriter Bert Kalmar was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. With his music publishing company, Kalmar and Puck, he collaborated with a number of songwriters, including Harry Puck and Harry Ruby and by 1918, Kalmar and Ruby had formed a permanent songwriting team. Together, they wrote the musical score for the Marx Brothers' stage production of Animal Crackers (1928) and subsequent film version and their songs were also featured in the Marx Brothers' films Horse Feathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933) and A Night in Casablanca (1946). Kalmar's partnership with Ruby was portrayed in the 1950 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Three Little Words, starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton.  He also collaborated with Oscar Hammerstein II, Ted Snyder and other songwriters.

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