Here is an extremely rare very early vintage original autographed 7" by 9" photo of actor Harold Lockwood (1887-1918), who was one of the original matinee idols of the 1910s. Signed in white ink. Comes with COA from respected auction house RR Auctions. Harold Lockwood appeared in over twenty-five films during the World War I era and was part of the star-studded cast of Intolerance  (1916) that included Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks , Wallace Reid and many more. He made 23 films with May Allison, forming one of the screens first popular romantic couples. In December 1918, Motion Picture magazine named him one of the top 6 film stars, but he was dead by the time the article appeared. Harold Lockwood born in Newark, N.J. in 1887. became one of the most popular matinee idols of the early film period during the 1910's. His father a horsetrainer and breeder. Harold was a very athletic teenager, he went on to become an expert horseman, excelled in track, swimming and football, he moved to Manhattan during his late teens, was able to get some work on stage in extra roles but his father urged him to attend business college which he did and also worked as a drygoods salesman for a short period after that spent several years in musical comedy in vaudeville where he met Alma a fellow actress, they married in 1908 and their only child William later Harold Lockwood Jr was born. In 1911 Harold wrote a letter to Edwin S. Porter at the Rex Film Company, by the time Harold came to him, Porter was heading up his own production film company. Immediately recognizing this handsome blonde young man's potential, he became one of Porter's leading stars, the romantic hero to such actresses as Mary Pickford, Carmel Myers and Vera Sesson but his most successful leading actress was May Allison the two became one of the first celebrated on-screen romantic couples, in all they made 22 consecutive features between 1915 and 1917, the two were never romantically involved off-screen. sadly in 1918 at the age of only 31 he was the victim of the Spanish influenza epidemic. Minor corner and edge wear and creasing, minor scuffs and smudges. Extremely rare.

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Filmography:

1919A Man of Honor
David Smith
 1919Shadows of Suspicion
Cyril Hammersley
 1919The Great Romance
Rupert Danza
 1918Liberty Bond Jimmy (Short)
Jimmy
 1918Pals First
Danny Rowland
 1918Lend Me Your Name
The Earl of Gilleigh / Warren Ellis
 1918The Landloper
Walker Farr
 1918Broadway Bill
'Broadway Bill' Clayton
 1917The Avenging Trail
Gaston Olaf
 1917The Square Deceiver
Billy Van Dyke
 1917Paradise Garden
Jerry Benham
 1917Under Handicap
Greek Conniston
 1917The Hidden Spring
Donald Keith
 1917The Haunted Pajamas
Richard Hudson
 1917The Hidden Children
Evan Loskiel
 1917A Battle of Wits (Short)
 1917The Promise
Bill Carmody
 1916Pidgin Island
John Cranford
 1916Big Tremaine
John Tremaine, Jr.
 1916Mister 44
John Stoddard
 1916The River of Romance
William Kissaaam Kellogg, aka Sam
 1916The Masked Rider
Bruce Edmunds
 1916The Come-Back
Burt Ridgeway
 1916Life's Blind Alley
Walt Landis
 1916Lillo of the Sulu Seas (Short)
Ralph Holt
 1916The Broken Cross (Short)
David Keightly
 1916The Man in the Sombrero (Short)
Jack Betson
 1916The Gamble (Short)
John Gordon
 1916The Secret Wire (Short)
Harold Locke
 1916The Other Side of the Door
John Montgomery
 1915The Tragic Circle (Short)
Cater Clifton
 1915The Buzzard's Shadow
Sgt. Barnes
 1915The End of the Road
Paul Harvard
 1915Pardoned (Short)
Forrest / Paul Brent (dual role)
 1915The House of a Thousand Scandals
John Wright
 1915The Great Question (Short)
Morton Bagley Jr.
 1915The Secretary of Frivolous Affairs
Hap Hazard
 1915Jim the Penman
Louis Percival
 1915The Lure of the Mask
Jack Hilliard
 1915Are You a Mason?
Bob Trevors
 1915The Love Route
John Ashby
 1915David Harum
John Lenox
 1914/IThe Crucible
Craig Atwood
 1914The Conspiracy
Jack Howell
 1914The Man from Mexico
Danton
 1914The County Chairman
Tillford Wheeler
 1914/IWildflower
Arnold Boyd
 1914Such a Little Queen
Robert Trainor
 1914The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch
Jack Adrian
 1914/IThe Scales of Justice
Frank Dexter
 1914The Squatters (Short)
Harvey Mathews
 1914When Thieves Fall Out (Short)
Percival Scott, Gentleman Jimmy
 1914The Midnight Call (Short)
Dr. Bronte
 1914Tess of the Storm Country
Frederick Graves
 1914While Wifey Is Away (Short)
Mr. Dodd
 1914Elizabeth's Prayer (Short)
Henry Ashton, Prosperous Young Attorney
 1914The Smuggler's Sister (Short)
Bessie's Brother
 1914The Attic Above (Short)
Bates, a Teller
 1914Tested by Fire (Short)
Hal Arnold, Forest Ranger
 1914Memories
Clyde Lawrence, Marjorie's Sweetheart
 1914Through the Centuries (Short)
Raymond Truxton
 1914Hearts Adrift (Short)
Jack Graham
 1914Tony and Maloney (Short)
Tony's Son
 1914Message from Across the Sea (Short)
John Lund
 1914On the Breast of the Tide (Short)
Big Jim Huntley
 1913A Dip in the Briney (Short)
Chat Swivel
 1913Until the Sea... (Short)
Jim Hall
 1913Her Legacy (Short)
Jim Grace
 1913Northern Hearts (Short)
Sergeant Jim McGrath
 1913The Hopeless Dawn (Short)
Al
 1913Phantoms (Short)
John Sterling
 1913The Tide of Destiny (Short)
Frank Stafford
 1913The Dangling Noose (Short)
Bill
 1913The Bridge of Shadows (Short)
Edward Warren (as H.A. Lockwood)
 1913The Love of Penelope (Short)
Rollin Abbott
 1913The Revelation (Short)
Mr. Burns
 1913The Young Mrs. Eames (Short)
Gerald Leighton
 1913The Child of the Sea (Short)
Bill Jackson - Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
 1913The Fighting Lieutenant (Short)
Captain Falconbridge
 1913The Grand Old Flag (Short)
Harold - the American Soldier of Fortune
 1913Woman: Past and Present (Short)
Young America
 1913The Stolen Melody (Short)
Henry Richard - Music Publisher
 1913/IA Daughter of the Confederacy (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1913Lieutenant Jones (Short)
Lt. Jones
 1913A Welded Friendship (Short)
Paul Trevor
 1913Their Stepmother (Short)
Ralph Stevens - the Father
 1913The Burglar Who Robbed Death (Short)
Dr. Armand
 1913The Tie of the Blood (Short)
Deer Foot, Son of Setting Sun
 1913With Love's Eyes (Short)
Charles, - the Young Fireman
 1913The Hoyden's Awakening (Short)
Bob
 1913Margarita and the Mission Funds (Short)
Capt. Stewart Hopewell
 1913Love Before Ten (Short)
Jack Mason
 1913Diverging Paths (Short)
Jed - the Sturdy Young Blacksmith
 1913The Spanish Parrot Girl (Short)
Richard Avery
 1913Two Men and a Woman (Short)
Charles Conrad, The Husband
 1913Her Only Son (Short)
Jack Temple
 1913The Governor's Daughter (Short)
Jim Carey
 1913/IA Little Child Shall Lead Them (Short)
David Brant
 1913The Lipton Cup: Introducing Sir Thomas Lipton
Jack
 1913The Little Turncoat (Short)
Captain Gordon
 1912Harbor Island (Short)
Frank Franklyn - a Harbor Engineer
 1912The Millionaire Vagabonds (Short)
Dustin Lains
 1912For the Cause (Short)
 1912The Ball Player and the Bandit (Short)
Harry Burns
 1912The Army Surgeon (Short)
Captain Lee
 1912The Altar of Death (Short)
Lt. Hart
 1912The Sergeant's Boy (Short)
 1912For the Honor of the Seventh (Short)
Capt. Stanton
 1912His Better Self (Short)
 1912The Doctor's Double (Short)
 1912The Bandit's Gratitude (Short)
The Bandit's Brother
 1912/IThe Reckoning (Short)
 1912The Other Girl (Short)
 1912His Message (Short)
Haven - a Young Prospector
 1912A Pair of Baby Shoes (Short)
Richard Darrell
 1912The Torn Letter (Short)
Scott - the Husband
 1912The Cub Reporter's Big Scoop (Short)
Jack Hunter - Reporter
 1912The Heart of a Tramp (Short)
Dick - the Tramp
 1912The Bachelor and the Baby (Short)
Roland Rosalyn - the Bachelor
 1912Over a Cracked Bowl (Short)
Dick Edmonds - the Friend
 1912The Feudal Debt (Short)
The Tisdale Boy
 1912The Deserter (Short) (unconfirmed)
 1912His Good Intentions (Short)
Jack
 1912Inbad, the Count (Short)
Jack Greenleaf
 1912Cupid and the Ranchman (Short)
Bob Stanley
 1912A Matinee Mix-Up (Short)
Jack Raymond
 1912A Brave Little Woman (Short)
The Burglar
 1912The Lost Address (Short)
Harry Locke - the Bridegroom
 1912An Unlucky Present (Short)
Frank Hope
 1911The Best Man Wins (Short)
Harold - the Dashing City Chap
 1911The New Ranch Owner (Short)
The New Ranch Owner
 1911The Law of the Range (Short)
Jack Corning - the Sheriff's Son
 1911/IIThe White Medicine Man (Short)
Dr. Roy Wallace
 1911A True Westerner (Short)
Bob Bonner
 1911The White Red Man (Short)
Gene Thomas