GRENFELL
(Joyce, 1910-1979, Comedy Actress)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Willibrandt
telling her that she is "so interested in this question of Christian names. I suppose it is silly to have names & not use them but ... I think the use should be reserved as a sort of pleasure for close friends ... I don't in fact really like to hear strangers addressing each other by their first names ... I realise this is just a personal view... no one, apparently, has a surname in film studios! Everyone is Bill, Alf, May, Gladys and Bert. Its all right & I suppose friendly. But it also lacks reticence and that olde worlde quality still has value to me ..." continuing that she still believes in privacy but that fame comes with its own problems, "It is a fascinating subject & I'm glad you wrote ... its been in my mind quite a lot. So many children write in to me as 'dear Joyce' and I do wish they wouldn't ... that respect is a gracious quality fast drifting out of sight ...", 4 sides 4to., London, 21st January
Item Date:
1951
Stock No:
29966
£125
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GRENFELL
(Joyce, 1910-1979, Comedy Actress)
Typed Letter Signed to Louis B. Frewer, Secretary of the Oxford Playhouse Guild,
saying "I should love to come down ... but what on earth would you like me to talk about ?", suggesting "the happy accidents that got me on the stage", a subject "that allows plenty of digression into ... medium, audiences, and my job in general", she wants no fee apart from expenses, 1 side 8vo., 149 Kings Road, Chelsea, 27th March
Item Date:
1953
Stock No:
52094
£30
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GRENFELL
(Joyce, 1910-1979, Comedy Actress)
Portrait photo from a magazine, signed,
showing her with her delightful smile, laid down on card with a biographical notice on the back, no date, c.
one or two surface marks on background
Item Date:
1950
Stock No:
52132
£35
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GRIMSTON
(Dorothy, Actress, daughter of Dame Madge Kendal)
Signed Portrait Postcard Photo,
signed and inscribed across the foot of the image, showing her three quarter length, full face, in a white dress and a very long feather boa, published by J. Beagles & Co., 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, circa
second half of signature rather faint against the dark background
Item Date:
1906
Stock No:
55310
£35
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SIGNED CIGARETTE CARD
GROSSMITH
(George Jnr, 1874-1935, Actor, Comedian)
Coloured caricature from the John Players series of 50 entitled "Straight Line Caricatures", signed,
with a small biography printed on the verso, 2¾" x 1¼", no place, circa
Item Date:
1926
Stock No:
41373
£50
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