PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY THIS HOLLYWOOD AUTOGRAPH

I swear if a computer tried to devise the most indecipherable autograph in history it would be this one.  5,000 of my Facebook friends have failed.  No one can make heads or tails of it.  If you can figure it out, then you are a genius, scholar, and a hero, and I will name my first grandchild after you!  

One theory is that it is not an autograph at all, but a note that Virginia Mayo wrote to the servicemen who asked for her autograph....  But other than that, I got nothin'.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on April 14, 2022 at 10:17am

I think it is a sentiment by Mayo.

[Something] of [something]

Permalink Reply by Mikex on April 14, 2022 at 10:26am

Virginia Mayo

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 14, 2022 at 12:16pm

V. Mayo. I agree with Steve's interpretation. Is it English with those accents?

Permalink Reply by A.J. Burnett on April 15, 2022 at 9:28am

Because VM's loops are similar, it's possible, although the pencil lines are radically different.  But once we determine it's some little salutation she wrote, what on earth could it be?  The crazy tail on the f is just inexplicable as it goes all the way to the left and then across the top of the wiring. 

Permalink Reply by David Lewis on April 16, 2022 at 12:54pm

A.J., That looks like Charles Laughton to me. 

Permalink Reply by David Lewis on April 18, 2022 at 3:42pm

This is why the other day I said Laughton off the top of my head. 

Permalink Reply by A.J. Burnett on April 19, 2022 at 10:11am

I see why you saw a resemblance.  This is at least in the ballpark. Most aren't. 

Permalink Reply by Matt Smith on April 19, 2022 at 8:52pm

If you are asking about the signature below Elizabeth Taylor i think it is Ezio Pinza.

Permalink Reply by David Lewis on April 19, 2022 at 9:21pm

Matt Smith, You solved the mystery. 

Permalink Reply by A.J. Burnett on April 27, 2022 at 2:02pm

Thanks Matt, I'd just heard from a collector I know on line, and he nailed it too. Then I came here and so did you!  Months of frustration are over!"

Permalink Reply by A.J. Burnett on April 27, 2022 at 2:03pm

Ezio Pinza!  

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