Autographs of Bette Davis and Errol Flynn. CoA

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5.9 in. x 4 in. b/w photo of Bette Davies and Errol Flynn. At the front is the autograph of Bette Davis and at the back a snippet with Errol Flynns autograph.The item comes wit a Certificate of Authenticity for bothAutographs.Ruth Elizabeth Davis, born 1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. She passed away from cancer in 1989. Bette Davis enrolled in John Murray Anderson's Dramatic School and was the star pupil. Late in 1930 she was hired by Universal. When she arrived in Hollywood, the studio representative who went to meet her train left without her because he could find no one who looked like a movie star. In 1932 she signed a seven year deal with Warner Brothers. She became a star after her appearance in "The Man Who Played God." She had a significant number of write-in votes for the Best Actress Oscar. She won the Best Actress Academy Award for "Dangerous" and "Jezebel" and fought unsuccessfully with Warner Brothers to break her contract because she felt she wasn't receiving the top roles an Oscar winning actress deserved. When she came back after the lawsuit her roles improved dramatically. The only role she didn't get that she wanted in 1939 was Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind." Warners wouldn't loan her to David O. Selznick unless he hired Errol Flynn to play Rhett Butler, which both Selznick and Davis thought was a read more

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