Group of eight vintage photograph postcards of actors and actresses active in Hollywood, Britain and France, each signed, most inscribed to Hélène:
- Robert Taylor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer postcard no. 606, signed and inscribed "My best wishes, / Robert Taylor." Crease to lower right corner.
- Robert Taylor: Metro Goldwyn Mayer postcard no. 925, signed.
- Deanna Durbin: New Universal Pictures postcard no. 423, signed and inscribed "To Helene / My best wishes / Deanna Durbin."
- John Loder: Photo Voinquel postcard, Product. Algazy no. 634, showing him in a plumed helmet and dress uniform, signed and inscribed "To Helen / Best wishes / John Loder."
- John Loder: halftone photograph postcard showing him in a fedora and tweed jacket, pipe in mouth and shotgun in hand, signed and inscribed in black ink "To Helen / Best wishes / John Loder," with his printed thank-you note and facsimile signature to verso. Small chip to upper left corner.
- Richard Greene: 20th Century Fox postcard no. 68, signed in green ink.
- Ann Todd: postcard signed and inscribed "Best wishes / Ann Todd."
- Edward Stirling: Photo Radio 46 André Garde postcard showing him in Paris, signed and inscribed "Pour Hélène de Poutiloff / Edward Stirling."
All but the Durbin card with scalloped edges. Generally very good to fine. 3.5 x 5.5 inches; 9 x 13.7 cm each. From the autograph collection of Hélène de Poutiloff, who was active in the French Resistance before emigrating to the US in 1953.
Edward Stirling was the English actor-manager whose English Players brought Shakespeare and modern English drama to Paris and the Continent between the wars.
Group of eight vintage photograph postcards of actors and actresses active in Hollywood, Britain and France, each signed, most inscribed to Hélène:
- Robert Taylor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer postcard no. 606, signed and inscribed "My best wishes, / Robert Taylor." Crease to lower right corner.
- Robert Taylor: Metro Goldwyn Mayer postcard no. 925, signed.
- Deanna Durbin: New Universal Pictures postcard no. 423, signed and inscribed "To Helene / My best wishes / Deanna Durbin."
- John Loder: Photo Voinquel postcard, Product. Algazy no. 634, showing him in a plumed helmet and dress uniform, signed and inscribed "To Helen / Best wishes / John Loder."
- John Loder: halftone photograph postcard showing him in a fedora and tweed jacket, pipe in mouth and shotgun in hand, signed and inscribed in black ink "To Helen / Best wishes / John Loder," with his printed thank-you note and facsimile signature to verso. Small chip to upper left corner.
- Richard Greene: 20th Century Fox postcard no. 68, signed in green ink.
- Ann Todd: postcard signed and inscribed "Best wishes / Ann Todd."
- Edward Stirling: Photo Radio 46 André Garde postcard showing him in Paris, signed and inscribed "Pour Hélène de Poutiloff / Edward Stirling."
All but the Durbin card with scalloped edges. Generally very good to fine. 3.5 x 5.5 inches; 9 x 13.7 cm each. From the autograph collection of Hélène de Poutiloff, who was active in the French Resistance before emigrating to the US in 1953.
Edward Stirling was the English actor-manager whose English Players brought Shakespeare and modern English drama to Paris and the Continent between the wars.