Tom Gregory: Collecting Hollywood’s Stories

By KIMBERLY COLE
—Autograph March 2010

Smallville

By JOHN and MARIA JOSE TENUTO
—Autograph March 2010

Steve McQueen Autographs

Learn what to look for in Steve McQueen’s autographs in this Autograph magazine signature study.

Vintage Hollywood Signed Photos

As you start to collect vintage Hollywood autographs, there’s a great deal of information you need to gather. Let’s say you’re looking at a photograph inscribed and signed by James Dean. Who was it inscribed to? Did this person really exist? Did this person know James Dean? When was it signed? Dean had a tragically short life—is it realistic that he personally inscribed this photo? What type of photograph is it? Is it some flimsy, single-stock photograph, or a high quality studio photograph, something Dean would have had access to? The secret to collecting the vintage, classic Hollywood autographs of Bogart, Gable, Errol Flynn and the other great stars is to ask and answer these questions.

Superman Through the Ages

By PHILIP MARSH
—Autograph October 2009

Elizabeth Taylor – 66 Love Letters

By TRICIA EATON
—Autograph February 2009

Carla Laemmle Turns 100

By MICHAEL IWINSKI

Featured in Autograph January 2010
Carla Laemmle, the last living link to The Phantom of the Opera and Dracula, celebrated her 100th birthday last October 26. A celebration was held on Soundstage 28 at Universal Studios, and Ms. Laemmle returned to the set where she played the prima ballerina in Phantom [...]

Affordable History: Celebrity Politicians

By JON ALLAN
— Autograph May 2009
In 1965 singer-songwriter and humorist Tom Lehrer wrote a song about entertainers in politics entitled “George Murphy,” a spoof on the recent election of that dancer-actor to the Senate.
Hollywood’s often tried to mix
Show business with politics,
From Helen Gahagan
To Ronald Reagan,
But Mister Murphy is the star
Who’s done the best by [...]

Joan Blondell

By JEFF BENZIGER
Featured in Autograph April 2009

Those amazing big blue eyes could melt any man quickly. They may have done more to launch Joan Blondell’s career than anything else up until her death in 1979 at age 73. Of course, there was more to Blondell than just the eyes or even those long legs [...]

Forrest J Ackerman Estate Auction

Known as “Uncle Forry” to horror and sci-fi fans all over the world, AUTOGRAPH examines the legend’s estate auction and the notable collection that was left behind.

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