Franchot Tone Very Rare Very Early Autographed Photo '36 w/Env Mutiny On Bounty

Description: Here is a very rare very early vintage original autographed 5" by 7" photo of actor Franchot Tone (1905-1968), from 1936, a year in which he appeared in 6 movies (and the year after he appeared in Mutiny On The Bounty The Lives Of A Bengal Lancer), with original mailing envelope. Franchot Tone was born into a well-to-do upstate New York family. Tone traveled the world with his parents and attended various schools, including The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, from which he was dismissed "for being a subtle influence for disorder throughout the fall term." He entered Cornell University, studying romance languages with an initial goal of eventually teaching in such. But he also joined Cornell's drama club, becoming its president his senior year. The interest in theater would sow a seed soon to be germinated. Tone had no interest in the family electro-chemical business. He decided to become a serious actor. He meant business by joining a theater stock company in the city of Buffalo, earning only $15 a week. He toiled with dedication, playing bit roles and educating himself in the theater business. He moved to Greenwich Village and auditioned for the New Playwrights' Theater, making his Broadway debut in 1929 with Katharine Cornell in "The Age of Innocence". Tone portrayed Curly in the flop Broadway production of "Green Grow the Lilacs" which would later be developed into the musical "Oklahoma!". He later discovered the Group Theatre in New York formed by Lee Strasberg and Harold Clurman. This was the first functional school for "Method" acting in America, followed later by The Actors Studio, also under Strasberg. In late September of 1931 the theater presented its first production, "The House of Connelly", with Tone and Morris Carnovsky in the leading roles. Tone appeared in "Big Night" and later appeared in "Success Story", after which Strasberg proclaimed him as the best actor in the company. His performance in "Success Story" also prompted a contract offer from MGM. He moved to Hollywood in November 1932, although his aspirations as an actor did not include becoming a Hollywood star. His first screen appearance was under the Paramount banner, not MGM, in The Wiser Sex (1932) starring Claudette Colbert. The Paramount brass did not see the potential, a telling sign of the chasm between Hollywood acting and that of the theater. Tone, however, was definitely on the "A" List ladder, His first MGM film, Today We Live (1933) co-starred the ambitious Joan Crawford. Here his woes with Hollywood actresses began in earnest. He and Crawford became a couple, and MGM could see the potential for better box office by pairing them in several movies. Tone worked through 1933 with other leading ladies, such as Loretta Young, Miriam Hopkins and Jean Harlow, before he worked again with Crawford. However, he was already being saddled with "the other man" roles. In his next movie with Crawford, Dancing Lady (1933), he was competing with Clark Gable. By their next movie together, Sadie McKee (1934), Tone was the leading man but in forthcoming outings with Crawford he would have other film rivals and his characters tended to be less dynamic than hers. He was loaned to Warner Bros. for Dangerous (1935) with Bette Davis. She also became romantically interested in him, and her incipient rivalry with Crawford made her all the more incensed with Crawford on finding out that she was engaged to Tone. Davis was envious and ashamed of her advances toward Tone, and the incident is believed by many sources to be the start of the famous warfare between Crawford and Davis that lasted to their dying days. Tone and Crawford did marry in late 1935, but the chemistry did not gel. Tone was an Eastern blue blood who shunned the artificial Hollywood lifestyle, while the unsophisticated Crawford could not get enough of it, and publicity. Those differences and Crawford's bigger star power became glaringly obvious when the media labeled him "Mr. Joan Crawford". Tone's film career did not match Crawford's phenomenal rise, and he was still dedicated to substantial support of Group Theatre productions. The marriage goals and the money diverged sharply; they divorced in March of 1939. Tone was most definitely becoming a matinée idol name. In 1935 he had two big hits, proving his wide range and depth as an actor. His whimsical demeanor lent well to comedic roles, which is why his wisecracking Lt. Forsythe in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) rang true. He also had considerable dramatic power, as seen in the second of these movies, the much anticipated Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) with his former co-star Gable. He, Gable and co-star Charles Laughton all received Oscar nominations for best actor. This was a first, and certainly an embarrassment which the Academy sought to remedy by introducing Best Supporting Actor and Actress Oscars the next year. Though Tone had other substantial roles through that decade, he seemed ready for a break with his film career. He suddenly returned to Broadway, and was able to thumb his nose at Hollywood due to the great success of his 1940 role as a newspaperman in Ernest Hemingway's "The Fifth Column". Unfortunately for him, MGM pointed out that he was still under contract to them, so he had to return. Tone had stimulating enough roles while with MGM until 1944, particularly the World War II adventure Five Graves to Cairo (1943) which Cary Grant turned down because he didn't want to spend the summer in the Arizona desert, where it was being shot. Thereafter Tone worked to beat Hollywood at its own game. He freelanced at other studios and concentrated on parts that would expand his talents. He started working towards that goal with Universal's critically successful Phantom Lady (1944), in which he played a psychotic killer. He also began producing films that he felt would be challenging and successful. One of his best efforts in this capacity was the psychological B noir The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) as star and producer, with his great friend Burgess Meredith as director. However, his success as an actor and producer didn't extend to his personal life, and he still couldn't get past his weakness for marrying Hollywood starlets. By 1948 he divorced his second wife, Crawford rebound Jean Wallace. Between 1950 and 1952 he was embroiled in the most foolish act of his career: his involvement with actress-turned-prostitute Barbara Payton. Just about everyone in Hollywood warned him against getting involved with Payton, including ex-wife Crawford. He failed to heed those warnings, however, and soon married her. The marriage only lasted a few weeks, and he paid a pretty heavy price: a hospital stay because of some fairly serious injuries (broken cheekbone and nose and a concussion) that required surgery after he was attacked and beaten by one of Payton's most possessive boyfriends, brutish actor Tom Neal. The uproar over this assault ended Neal's acting career. Tone's distancing himself from Hollywood continued into the 1950s, proving that dedicated stage acting and Hollywood usually did not mix. However, his need to adapt and mold the acting profession continued unabated. He saw the great potential of TV to provide both a live and economically filmed (the new videotape format) spectrum of stage plays. For a decade he was heavily involved in the medium and contributed over 30 performances in a number of prestigious TV playhouse productions. He didn't forget Broadway, though. In 1957 he scored a triumph in Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon For The Misbegotten", and even his personal life brightened considerably. His last wife was much more amenable to being a helpmate. Dolores Dorn helped with his ambitious production of "Uncle Vanya" both Off-Broadway and in a lukewarm film version in 1958. When the more formal playhouse programs were replaced by TV drama story hours, Tone was again an enthusiastic contributor. He also worked in episodic TV from the late 1950s, notably a turn in a fondly remembered episode of the classic The Twilight Zone (1959). He did not give up on the silver screen in his last decade. He turned in a memorable performance as the president in Advise & Consent (1962), directed by Otto Preminger. Though he had planned on retiring from acting at the beginning of the '60s, he in fact was working into the year of his death. Along with co-buying Theater Four in New York to launch new plays, he planned another personal multi-tasking (starring in and directing) film effort of the life of artist Auguste Renoir, but that was not to be. In reality, the title of his last film before his passing was as prophetic for him is for all of humanity - The High Commissioner (1968). Minor corner and edge wear. Very rare. Will ship worldwide. I always combine shipping on multiple orders. Filmography: 1968The High CommissionerAmbassador Townsend 1968Shadow Over Elveron (TV Movie)Barney Conners 1967Run for Your Life (TV Series)Judge Taliaferro Wilson- Tell It Like It Is (1967) ... Judge Taliaferro Wilson 1962-1966Ben Casey (TV Series)Dr. Daniel Niles Freeland / Robert Ashton- Then, Suddenly, Panic (1966) ... Dr. Daniel Niles Freeland- Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes the Cold Wind of Truth (1966) ... Dr. Daniel Niles Freeland- Twenty Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak: A, B, C, D... (1966) ... Dr. Daniel Niles Freeland- Where Did All the Roses Go? (1966) ... Dr. Daniel Niles Freeland- Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy (1966) ... Dr. Daniel Niles FreelandShow all 27 episodes 1965Mickey OneRuby Lapp 1965In Harm's WayCINCPAC I 1965The Virginian (TV Series)Murdock- Old Cowboy (1965) ... Murdock 1965The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series)Rudolph Bitzner- Final Performance (1965) ... Rudolph Bitzner 1964Festival (TV Series)Solness- The Master Builder (1964) ... Solness 1964The Reporter (TV Series)Jay Jay Jordan- The Man Behind the Badge (1964) ... Jay Jay Jordan 1964See How They Run (TV Movie)Baron Frood 1962-1964The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series)Sen. Grady Lyons / Inspector- Jeremy Rabbitt - The Secret Avenger (1964) ... Sen. Grady Lyons- The Betrayal (1962) ... Inspector 1964La bonne soupeJohn K. Montasy Jr 1962The Eleventh Hour (TV Series)Leo Haynes- Along About Late in the Afternoon (1962) ... Leo Haynes 1962Advise & ConsentThe President 1962Wagon Train (TV Series)Malachi Hobart- The Malachi Hobart Story (1962) ... Malachi Hobart 1961Witchcraft (TV Movie)Your Host 1961The Twilight Zone (TV Series)Col. Archie Taylor- The Silence (1961) ... Col. Archie Taylor 1960Bonanza (TV Series)Denver McKee- Denver McKee (1960) ... Denver McKee 1956-1960Playhouse 90 (TV Series)Mark Twain / Avery Yarbrough / Raymond / ...- The Shape of the River (1960) ... Mark Twain- The Hidden Image (1959) ... Avery Yarbrough- A Quiet Game of Cards (1959) ... Raymond- Bitter Heritage (1958) ... Frank James- The Thundering Wave (1957) ... Allen GrantShow all 6 episodes 1960Goodyear Theatre (TV Series)Martin Galt- The Ticket (1960) ... Martin Galt 1959The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series)- Body and Soul (1959) 1959Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)Oliver Mathews- The Impossible Dream (1959) ... Oliver Mathews 1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series)Candy Lombe- The Crazy Hunter (1958) ... Candy Lombe 1958Pursuit (TV Series)The Father- The Last Night in August (1958) ... The Father 1958Armchair Theatre (TV Series)Joe- Time of Your Life (1958) ... Joe 1958Bitter Heritage (TV Movie)Frank James 1950-1958Studio One (TV Series)Bill Gibson / Douglas Thompson / Rev. Lockman / ...- Ticket to Tahiti (1958) ... Bill Gibson- Trial by Slander (1958) ... Douglas Thompson- Bend in the Road (1957) ... Rev. Lockman- Twelve Angry Men (1954) ... Juror #3- Walk the Dark Streets (1950) 1957Uncle VanyaDr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff 1954-1957Climax! (TV Series)Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone / Dr. Ken Jaynes / ...- The Largest City in Captivity (1957) ... Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone- Silent Decision (1955) ... Dr. Ken Jaynes- The Gioconda Smile (1954) ... Henry Hutton 1956-1957The Alcoa Hour (TV Series)Prince / Sheriff Converse- Night (1957) ... Prince- Even the Weariest River (1956) ... Sheriff Converse 1957The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series)Arthur Baldwin- Throw Me a Rope (1957) ... Arthur Baldwin 1956The Little Foxes (TV Movie)Horace 1954-1956The United States Steel Hour (TV Series)Armstrong / Sandy Morton / Charles Burnett- Survival (1956) ... Armstrong- Red Gulch (1955) ... Sandy Morton- The Fifth Wheel (1954) ... Charles Burnett 1956General Electric Theater (TV Series)Charles Proteus Steinmetz- Steinmetz (1956) ... Charles Proteus Steinmetz 1956Omnibus (TV Series)Mr. Dearth (segment)- Dear Brutus (1956) ... Mr. Dearth (segment) 1955Playwrights '56 (TV Series)Jason- The Sound and the Fury (1955) ... Jason 1955Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series)- Man Lost (1955) 1955Four Star Playhouse (TV Series)Ben- Award (1955) ... Ben 1955The Best of Broadway (TV Series)Actor- The Guardsman (1955) ... Actor 1955The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series)Mike Ramsay- Too Old for Dolls (1955) ... Mike Ramsay 1955The Elgin Hour (TV Series)Will L'Hommedieu- Days of Grace (1955) ... Will L'Hommedieu 1953The Philip Morris Playhouse (TV Series)Dr. Henry Foustka- Temptation (1953) ... Dr. Henry Foustka 1953The Revlon Mirror Theater (TV Series)- One Summer's Rain (1953) 1953Hollywood Opening Night (TV Series)- Legal Affair (1953) 1950-1952Suspense (TV Series)Markheim / The Reporter- All Hallow's Eve (1952) ... Markheim- Black Bronze (1950) ... The Reporter 1952Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series)Martenson / André Lapalme- The Horn (1952) ... Martenson- The Diamond Lens (1952) ... André Lapalme 1952Lights Out (TV Series)- Blood Relation (1952) 1951Here Comes the GroomWilbur Stanley 1951Starlight Theatre (TV Series)- Lunch at Disalvo's (1951) 1951Danger (TV Series)- The Great Filson Bequest (1951) 1950Lux Video Theatre (TV Series)Meredith Whitehouse- Goodnight, Please (1950) ... Meredith Whitehouse 1950The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series)- Murder at the Stork Club (1950) 1949The Man on the Eiffel TowerJohann Radek 1949Without HonorDennis Williams 1949JigsawHoward Malloy 1948Every Girl Should Be MarriedRoger Sanford 1948I Love TroubleStuart Bailey 1947Her Husband's AffairsWilliam Weldon 1947HoneymoonDavid Flanner 1947Lost HoneymoonJohnny Gray 1946Because of HimPaul Taylor 1945That Night with YouPaul Renaud 1944Dark WatersDr. George Grover 1944The Hour Before the DawnJim Hetherton 1944Phantom LadyJohn 'Jack' Marlow 1943True to LifeFletcher Marvin 1943His Butler's SisterCharles Gerard 1943Pilot #5Lieutenant George Braynor Collins 1943Five Graves to CairoCpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos 1942Star Spangled RhythmJohn in Card-Playing Skit 1942The Wife Takes a FlyerChristopher Reynolds 1941This Woman Is MineRobert Stevens 1941She Knew All the AnswersMark Willows 1941Nice Girl?Richard Calvert 1940Trail of the VigilantesKansas (Tim Mason) 1939Fast and FuriousJoel Sloane 1938The Girl DownstairsPaul Wagner 1938Three Loves Has NancyRobert 'Bob' Hanson 1938Three ComradesOtto Koster 1938Love Is a HeadachePeter Lawrence 1938Man-ProofJimmy Kilmartin 1937The Bride Wore RedGiulio 1937Between Two WomenDr. Allan Meighan 1937They Gave Him a GunJames 'Jimmy' Davis 1937Quality StreetDr. Valentine Brown 1936Love on the RunBarnabus Pells 1936The Gorgeous HussyJohn Eaton 1936SuzyTerry Moore 1936The King Steps OutEmperor Franz Josef 1936The Unguarded HourSir Alan Dearden 1936Exclusive StoryDick Barton 1935DangerousDon Bellows 1935Mutiny on the BountyRoger Byam 1935No More LadiesJim Salston 1935RecklessBob Harrison 1935One New York NightFoxhall Ridgeway 1935The Lives of a Bengal LancerLt. John Forsythe 1934Gentlemen Are BornBob Bailey 1934Straight Is the WayBenny Horowitz 1934The Girl from MissouriThomas Randall Paige Jr. 1934The World Moves OnRichard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914 1934Sadie McKeeMichael 1934Moulin RougeDouglas Hall 1933Dancing LadyTod Newton 1933BombshellGifford Middleton 1933Stage MotherWarren Foster 1933The Stranger's ReturnGuy Crane 1933Midnight MaryTom Mannering Jr. 1933Gabriel Over the White HouseHartley Beekman - Secretary to the President 1933Today We LiveLieutenant Ronnie Boyce-Smith 1932The Wiser SexPhil Long

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