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Happy Halloween, 2019! Presenting Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó AKA Bela Lugosi
Hi All,
been wanting this little binary gem collection for years - since 11:30 Sunday morning about 1976 (Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein)!
8x10 sepia toned silver bromide(?) double-weight matte finish personal portrait by Apeda Studios, NY, of Bela Lugosi 1928 (in between the stage play Dracula and the film). Inscribed "To Carmine" and inscribed/signed boldly in black fountain pen "sincerely Bela Lugosi". VF+ Condition with no major flaws. From Tom Kramer of Goldenageautographs.com
Below is a personal portrait - 11x14 double weight gelatin silver photograph with a matte/pearl finish showing a smiling and pensive Lugosi in the same years. Stamped twice on the reverse by Lugosi's agent Don Marlowe who apparently borrowed this from Lugosi in the 40's and kept it. Fine condition.
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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on
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I picked this up to compliment the collection of Lugosi material. It is a single weight still from a man who worked at the Dell Library. C. 1930's-1940 print. Would be great if earlier. Back-stamped Pentagram Pictures. A classic Dracula pose and I felt odd not having one to go with the signed photo above.
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Just learned the above Dracula still was taken by Roman Freulich.
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Some additional information regarding the singleweight b/w 8x10 above, which is signed "Kilgore on the Reverse along with a Petagram Pictures stamp and markings in red grease and regular pencil:
"PROVENANCE: From the estate of comic book artist Al Kilgore (1927-1983). Kilgore was a noted comic book artist, animator, writer and film maker. He worked for Dell Publishing starting in the late 1940's and was responsible for the publishers magazine art department. He then went on to work for Warren Magazines in the late 1950's contributing content to all of there titles including Famous Monsters Of Filmland magazine. Starting in the 1960's he became a freelance artist and was a regular contributor to Dell's Four Color comic book series. From 1962-67 he was the artist on the Bullwinkle comic strip for the Bell-McClure Syndicate. He also drew regularly for Gold Key, Whitman and King Features comics throughout the 1960's-1970's. In 1976 he won the National Cartoonist Society award for excellence."
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Permalink Reply by scott on
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That's very nice. I've got a couple that tie in with Abbott and Costello. Has anyone ever heard the name Aida Polo? Her signature was part of my Hollywood canteen stuff and it took me a couple of months to figure out who she was. Just testing everybody to see if they're awake this morning.
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I don't know that name but perhaps someone with more knowledge of these photographs will join in.
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I would really like to find out more about Pentragram Pictures.
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I have been able to find limited information about these Pentagram Pictures stamps. Seems mid 1950's? Any help appreciated.
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This stamp:
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Any help re date of the Dracula Coffin photo greatly appreciated.
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Good morning, I forgot to reply back yesterday. Aida Polo was a signature that my grandfather had and Justin Steffman from ACOA and I kicked it around for over a month until I found a silent movie star named Eddie Polo. I sent his signature to Justin even though I knew it wasn't going to pan out. A couple of days later tops I get an email from Justin saying check this out. He took the info that I gave him and figured out that it was Eddie Polo's niece. She was mentioned in a book written by Lou Costello's youngest child and she did all of his secretarial signatures except for financial documents. She even wrote a weekly letter to his kinfolk and send it out without him proofreading it and as far as I could find out the family never even realized the difference. She had that Lou Costello's signature spot on. So if you get a Lou Costello or have a Lou Costello, it very well could be the actual handwriting of Aida Polo.
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I finally had time to make a proper scan of this Lugosi. Condition much higher than I thought. Click for huge image:
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It came through Dr. Brucato, who sold it the to the man whose red stamp is on the Reverse (Hurlburt), then at some point to Tom Kramer from whom I bought it. I love it seriously. Double weight matte finish studio stamped with no flaws and a good clear Lugosi signature with dedication and inscription. This signature dates to 1928 - after the play (found in a magazine) but before the 1931 film Dracula. It hung in an Italian restaurant in NYC for years.
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