Muni, Paul 1962 Photo Print Signed Autograph "The Story Of Louis Pasteur
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This item is an 8 1/2" X 10 1/2", black and white print of a charcoal portrait of actor Paul Muni. The print is from 1962 and features Paul Muni as he starred in the 1936-Warner Brothers Movie-"The Story Of Louis Pasteur".Paul Muni (September 22, 1895 August 25, 1967) was an Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor.Muni was 29 when he began acting on Broadway in 1924. His first role, that of an elderly Jewish man in the play We Americans, was written by playwright Sam Harris; it was also the first time that he ever acted in English. He was signed by Fox three years later, in 1929, and received an Oscar nomination for his first film The Valiant. However, he was unhappy with the roles and decided to return to Broadway. In 1932, Paul Muni returned to Hollywood to star in such harrowing pre-Code films as the original Scarface and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. He received a second Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for the latter film. Warner Brothers signed a long-term contract with him. He went on to receive a Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for The Life of Emile Zola (1937) and to win the Academy Award for The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936). In his day, Muni was considered one of the greatest living actors, but according to David Shipman, author of the two-volume The Great Movie
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