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Permalink Reply by Chris Records on August 2, 2012 at 4:35pm

Permalink Reply by Chris Records on August 5, 2012 at 11:09am

I thought this looked like Armandro but I have not been able to figure out if this is an artist of the day.  Barbara wrote "stuck up" on the back.

Permalink Reply by Chris Records on August 2, 2012 at 4:35pm

Permalink Reply by Chris Records on August 5, 2012 at 11:07am

Could be Charles or Charlie 

Permalink Reply by Joe Blitman on August 8, 2012 at 4:56pm

This looks like the signature of noted (at the time) drama critic George Jean Nathan.  Reputedly, the character of Addison deWitt in "All About Eve" was based on Nathan.

Permalink Reply by Chris Records on August 8, 2012 at 6:38pm

That is amazing, I would never had guessed the last name started with an N.

Permalink Reply by Joe Blitman on August 8, 2012 at 4:56pm

This looks like the signature of Guy Kibbee, a well known character actor of the 30's and 40's.

Permalink Reply by Joe Blitman on August 8, 2012 at 4:59pm

This looks like the signature of Turhan Bey, exotic leading man of 1940's movies.

Permalink Reply by Joe Blitman on August 8, 2012 at 5:54pm

This looks like the signature of Ella Raines, starlet/actress in the 1940's

Permalink Reply by Chris Records on August 8, 2012 at 6:27pm

Joe, you are amazing! Thank you.  Any thoughts on the ones with artwork please let me know.

Permalink Reply by Joe Blitman on August 8, 2012 at 7:36pm

Sorry to say, I don't have any guesses on those.  I don't know where you're located, but if you are in the NY area, you might try to locate microfilm of issues of the tabloid press like the New York Mirror, the New York Daily News, the Journal-American and the New York Post from 1947 or thereabouts.  There were a couple of dozen columnists who did nothing but report on "cafe society."  Walter Winchell, Ed Sullivan, Dorothy Kilgallen, Earl Wilson, Leonard Lyons, Charles McCarthy are just some of them.  Every column was packed with names and where they ate the night before and who they were with, etc.   I'm sure if you start scanning these columns, some of these mystery signatures will come into focus for you. 

Permalink Reply by Chris Records on August 9, 2012 at 2:05pm

I live in

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