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Fetchit, Stepin. (1902–1985) Two Signed Photographs
Fetchit, Stepin. (1902–1985) Two Signed Photographs
Fetchit, Stepin. (1902–1985). Two Signed Photographs.
Two signed postcard photographs of the African-American comedian, together with a small cigarette-card format photograph. 

Card with half-tone portrait from Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif., advertising a performance of "Stepin Fechit [sic] in person" with an excerpt from a song text to verso.  No date.  5.5 x 3.5 inches (14.2 x 8 cm).  Verso worn, with some loss to printed text (including song text); photo in very good condition.  

Card with a scene from the 1934 Fox film Judge Priest, showing Fetchit together with Will Rogers.  Advertising a performance of Fetchit at the  Famous Magnolia Supper House (Supper Club) in St. Louis, Mo. on verso.  5.5 x 4.25 inches (14 x 10.9 cm).  Some wear, including slight loss to lower right corner; in good condition overall.

Cardboard cigarette card from a public scale by J. J. Newberry Co. with weight of user stamped as 161 [pounds] on "Feb 2."  Portrait of Fetchit to verso, with caption, "Stepin Fetchit – 20th Century-Fox."  2.25 x 1.25 inches (5.4 x 2.9 cm).  Bent in the middle, otherwise fine.

"Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, better known by the stage name Stepin Fetchit, was considered to be the first Black actor to have a successful film career.  His highest profile was during the 1930s in films and on stage, when his persona of Stepin Fetchit was billed as the 'Laziest Man in the World.'  He was also the first black actor to receive featured screen credit in a film.  Perry's film career slowed after 1939 and nearly stopped altogether after 1953.  Around that time, Black Americans began to see his Stepin Fetchit persona as an embarrassing and harmful anachronism, echoing negative stereotypes.  However, the Stepin Fetchit character has undergone a re-evaluation by some scholars in recent times, who view him as an embodiment of the trickster archetype." Wikipedia

Fetchit, Stepin. (1902–1985) Two Signed Photographs

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Fetchit, Stepin. (1902–1985). Two Signed Photographs.
Two signed postcard photographs of the African-American comedian, together with a small cigarette-card format photograph. 

Card with half-tone portrait from Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif., advertising a performance of "Stepin Fechit [sic] in person" with an excerpt from a song text to verso.  No date.  5.5 x 3.5 inches (14.2 x 8 cm).  Verso worn, with some loss to printed text (including song text); photo in very good condition.  

Card with a scene from the 1934 Fox film Judge Priest, showing Fetchit together with Will Rogers.  Advertising a performance of Fetchit at the  Famous Magnolia Supper House (Supper Club) in St. Louis, Mo. on verso.  5.5 x 4.25 inches (14 x 10.9 cm).  Some wear, including slight loss to lower right corner; in good condition overall.

Cardboard cigarette card from a public scale by J. J. Newberry Co. with weight of user stamped as 161 [pounds] on "Feb 2."  Portrait of Fetchit to verso, with caption, "Stepin Fetchit – 20th Century-Fox."  2.25 x 1.25 inches (5.4 x 2.9 cm).  Bent in the middle, otherwise fine.

"Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, better known by the stage name Stepin Fetchit, was considered to be the first Black actor to have a successful film career.  His highest profile was during the 1930s in films and on stage, when his persona of Stepin Fetchit was billed as the 'Laziest Man in the World.'  He was also the first black actor to receive featured screen credit in a film.  Perry's film career slowed after 1939 and nearly stopped altogether after 1953.  Around that time, Black Americans began to see his Stepin Fetchit persona as an embarrassing and harmful anachronism, echoing negative stereotypes.  However, the Stepin Fetchit character has undergone a re-evaluation by some scholars in recent times, who view him as an embodiment of the trickster archetype." Wikipedia

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