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Rita Hayworth……opinions…..thanks

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Permalink Reply by David Lewis on December 7, 2021 at 11:57am

Etienne, No argument from me on the crapper Hepburn…..again not all were secretarial or publicist signed…..

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Permalink Reply by David Lewis on December 7, 2021 at 12:31pm

Etienne, A real Hedy

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on December 7, 2021 at 1:32pm

Here's another Hedy on one of the navel cards. I don't know...in my humble opinion something about these just don't quite ring true.

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Permalink Reply by David Lewis on December 7, 2021 at 1:51pm

Etienne, The Hedy Naval card I posted is out of my collection, as is this 1943 Hedy with Lana signed on the back.

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Permalink Reply by David Lewis on December 7, 2021 at 1:53pm

Ertienne, Forgot Lana on the back.

Permalink Reply by JK on December 7, 2021 at 1:33am

"Naval Aid Auxiliary" - some kind of USO-style support organization? (With the cards provided by the Hollywood Autograph Club).

Nice item.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Bash on February 26, 2022 at 3:06pm

Naval Aid Auxiliary Cards were a send away for item to support the NAA organization. Almost completely forgotten today, the group began with Bundles for Britain, then Bundles for Bluejackets and finally the Naval Aid Auxiliary. They only existed during WWII and consisted of female stars, the wives of stars and producers and moguls wives in the Hollywood Chapter (the founding chapter). The women wore very tailored uniforms that were so beautiful they were banned at the Academy Awards because these non-military uniforms outshone genuine military attire. By 1944 there were NAA chapters across the nation and the role was to provide funding, food and other items to Coast Guard, Navy and Marine personnel. Headed by powerful Hollywood women and key figure Kay Francis (Moral Officer), the NAA also visited Naval Hospitals. The program began at US Naval Hospital Corona in Norco and every week Francis would visit with a few of her friends (Gary Cooper, James Cagney, etc. and young starlets). Eventually the NAA visitation program expanded nationwide. About the cards - this was a fundraiser and the cards were publicly signed by the stars at several events held at the Hollywood Canteen and multiple other venues - ironically my aunt was in charge of the signings and sending the cards to those desiring to purchase them. She was very insistent that no secretarial signatures were allowed - and that when the signings occurred the signatures changed dramatically as each star would sign hundreds at a time at each setting while being interrupted by fans at the various venues. At the end of the evening, she would literally leave with thousands of signed cards. The only exception to this was some of the stars who worked at the NAA Headquarters would sign there out of view of the public. Names she mentioned were Kay Francis, Constance Bennett and Myrna Loy. Again, she was insistent that there were no secretarial signatures and that deviations were strictly due to the volume of autographs produced at a single sitting. Just a side note - my aunt was good friends with Katherine Hepburn and insisted she signed every single one. My personal collection is extensive and started with those left me by my aunt. These cards represent quite a forgotten but important WWII history and are essentially one of the only collectables to mark the NAA contribution to the war effort (there are some pins, uniforms, matchbooks, photos and quite a bit of news coverage from the era), but the cards seem to be the most easily found).