LARGE ARCHIVE OF LETTERS TO ACTRESS VIRGINIA GREY. This lot features a large collection of correspondence from Hollywood actors, directors, and producers to actress Virginia Grey [1917-2004]. Grey began her film career in 1927 as a child actress, and worked continuously for the next four decades as a second leading lady and character actress. She was romantically linked with Clark Gable for a time. Present in this archive are letters and cards from JOAN CRAWFORD GARY COOPER, DORIS DAY, IRENE DUNNE, JOHN FRANKENHEIMER, DOLORES HART, WILLIAM HOLDEN, ROSS HUNTER (who considered Miss Grey one of his favorite actresses), DANNY KAYE, STANLEY KRAMER, WALTER LANG, DOROTHY MALONE, ROBERT MITCHUM, DAVID NIVEN KIM NOVAK, LOUELLA PARSONS, DICK POWELL, ROZALIND RUSSELL, RED SKELTON, ROBERT TAYLOR JOHN WAYNE, and JANE WYMAN, among others. Highlights include the following: 1. COOPER, GARY. Typed Letter Signed ("Gary Cooper"), 1 p, 4to, Beverly Hills, May 12, 1960, on personal letterhead, thanking Miss Grey for saying novenas on his behalf. 2. MITCHUM, ROBERT. Typed Letter Signed ("Robert Mitchum"), 1 p, 4to, Los Angeles, May 28, 1957, amusingly byzantine thank you note. 3. TAYLOR, ROBERT. 3 Typed Letters Signed and 1 Autograph Letter Signed ("Bob"), 8 pp, 4to and 12mo, Tuscon, AZ, Kanab, UT and [Los Angeles], April 13, 1951 to March 12, 1952, to Virginia Grey, amusing letters describing hijinks on the set of his current movies.
LARGE ARCHIVE OF LETTERS TO ACTRESS VIRGINIA GREY. This lot features a large collection of correspondence from Hollywood actors, directors, and producers to actress Virginia Grey [1917-2004]. Grey began her film career in 1927 as a child actress, and worked continuously for the next four decades as a second leading lady and character actress. She was romantically linked with Clark Gable for a time. Present in this archive are letters and cards from JOAN CRAWFORD GARY COOPER, DORIS DAY, IRENE DUNNE, JOHN FRANKENHEIMER, DOLORES HART, WILLIAM HOLDEN, ROSS HUNTER (who considered Miss Grey one of his favorite actresses), DANNY KAYE, STANLEY KRAMER, WALTER LANG, DOROTHY MALONE, ROBERT MITCHUM, DAVID NIVEN KIM NOVAK, LOUELLA PARSONS, DICK POWELL, ROZALIND RUSSELL, RED SKELTON, ROBERT TAYLOR JOHN WAYNE, and JANE WYMAN, among others. Highlights include the following: 1. COOPER, GARY. Typed Letter Signed ("Gary Cooper"), 1 p, 4to, Beverly Hills, May 12, 1960, on personal letterhead, thanking Miss Grey for saying novenas on his behalf. 2. MITCHUM, ROBERT. Typed Letter Signed ("Robert Mitchum"), 1 p, 4to, Los Angeles, May 28, 1957, amusingly byzantine thank you note. 3. TAYLOR, ROBERT. 3 Typed Letters Signed and 1 Autograph Letter Signed ("Bob"), 8 pp, 4to and 12mo, Tuscon, AZ, Kanab, UT and [Los Angeles], April 13, 1951 to March 12, 1952, to Virginia Grey, amusing letters describing hijinks on the set of his current movies.
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