3 SILENT SCREEN ACTORS VNTG ORIG 8 X10s + NOTES & SIGNATURES

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OFFERING THIS WEEK A FANTASTIC COLLECTION OF VINTAGE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS. 3 vintage original 8 x10 portraits of stars from the silent era to early talkies. RAYMOND HATTON. Absolutely the oldest signed photo from this collection I have been brokering, signed by Hatton and dated in 1917. Hatton starred in an astounding 350 films, usually playing rough and tough characters. His film career spanned from 1909 to his last role as the elderly hitichhiker in the 1967 film IN COLD BLOOD. Amazing and actually quite striking and handsome portrait of him holding a fountain pen in his hand and measures 7.5 x 8.5 in warm sepia tone.RICHARD BARTHELMESS Vintage original 8x10 with signature by what appears to be the photographer as his signature is in same fountain pen and ink as the name and film. I DO NOT WANT to claim it is Barthelmess's signature even thought it is close. Very confusing. At any rated a vintage photo with stamp on verso from Culver Service, 42nd Street NYC. Barthelmess is a very well known star from the silent era a long time contract player with DW Griffith, and in classics such as WAY DOWN EAST the actor jumping on actual ice flows going after Lillian Gish which still is one of the most mind boggling sequences of the era. He transitioned somewhat into talkies, his best known basically being ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS but in no read more