28 silver gelatin photographs, all 8 x 10 in. unless otherwise indicated, comprising 22 photos of William S. Hart, 4 of which are inscribed and signed by him in purple and gray ink; and 10 photos of Winifred Westover either alone or with William S. Hart, Jr. Some of the photographers represented are Hoover Studios and Melbourne Spurr Together with a Typed Letter Signed ("Rudy Vallee"), 1 p, 4to, Hollywood, May 21, 1946, to William S. Hart, on monogrammed stationery, inquiring as to whether anything Vallee said on a recent radio broadcast pertaining to Hart's poem, Pinto Ben, had "displeased" Hart. In 1919, William Hart and his sister Mary Hart wrote the book, Pinto Ben and Other Stories, which included the poem "Pinto Ben," the story of a pony who sacrifices his own life to save his master from a stampede of cattle. On December 13, 1934, Hart recited this poem on Rudy Vallee's "Fleischmann Hour" radio show on NBC. He made another appearance three years later in November, 1937. Largest: 8 x 10 in.
28 silver gelatin photographs, all 8 x 10 in. unless otherwise indicated, comprising 22 photos of William S. Hart, 4 of which are inscribed and signed by him in purple and gray ink; and 10 photos of Winifred Westover either alone or with William S. Hart, Jr. Some of the photographers represented are Hoover Studios and Melbourne Spurr Together with a Typed Letter Signed ("Rudy Vallee"), 1 p, 4to, Hollywood, May 21, 1946, to William S. Hart, on monogrammed stationery, inquiring as to whether anything Vallee said on a recent radio broadcast pertaining to Hart's poem, Pinto Ben, had "displeased" Hart. In 1919, William Hart and his sister Mary Hart wrote the book, Pinto Ben and Other Stories, which included the poem "Pinto Ben," the story of a pony who sacrifices his own life to save his master from a stampede of cattle. On December 13, 1934, Hart recited this poem on Rudy Vallee's "Fleischmann Hour" radio show on NBC. He made another appearance three years later in November, 1937. Largest: 8 x 10 in.
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