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The Shaw-Tumblin Collection

Presents

REGIS TOOMEY

(1898 ~ 1991)

PERSONALLY SIGNED "ARIZONA" PUBLICITY STILL

IN-PERSON SIGNATURE

 CLASSIC & HANDSOME IMAGE!

Description

Original / Vintage Regis Toomey Signed Black & White "Arizona" Portrait Photograph

Regis Toomey was an American Character Actor of irish descent.

Toomey made his auspicious 1929 film debut in "Alibi", a Hollywood Pre-Code Film starring Chester Morris.

His film career ~ of almost 200 films ~ included such classics as:

"Meet John Doe" (1941), with Gary Cooper and Barbra Stanwych ~ Directed by Frank Capra.

"They Died With Their Boots On" (1941), with Errol Flynn and Olivia deHavilland ~ Directed by Raoul Walsh.

 "Spellbound" (1945), with Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck ~ Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

"The Big Sleep" (1946), with Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall ~ Directed by Howard Hawks.

"Guys and Dolls" (1956), with Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, and Jean Simmons ~ Directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz.

Regis Toomey Has Signed

"To Dennis (Shaw ~ Deceased)

With many thanks

Gratefully,

Regis Toomey"

In BLACK Ink

Please Note

CANDID PHOTOGRAPH OF REGIS TOOMEY, FRANK CAPRA (DIRECTOR OF "MEET JOHN DOE"), OLIVIA deHAVILLAND (STAR OF "THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON") AND MYSELF, (JAMES L. TUMBLIN), 

IS NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS SALE.

Measurements

Photo Image: 8"x10"

Condition

GOOD ~ GOOD ~ GOOD

ORIGINAL PHOTO IS PRINTED ON HEAVY PHOTO PAPER STOCK - AS ORIGINALLY ISSUED

DESCRIPTION SNIPE ON VERSO

Provenance

This Signed Photograph Featuring Regis Toomey, has been culled from The Shaw-Tumblin Gone With The Wind Collection.

The Shaw-Tumblin Collection has been acknowledged by the David O. Selznick Family & Estate, The University of Texas At Austin (home of the Selznick Archives) Mr. Robert Osborne (Author & Host of TCM's Classic Movie Channel), Aljean Harmetz (Author of On The Road To Tara) and Katherine Pinotti (Author of The Winds of Tara), as being the largest Gone With The Wind Collection in private hands.

"The Shaw-Tumblin Collection is the quintessential Gone With The Wind Collection." - Daniel Selznick.

"...the largest private collection of Gone With The Wind memorabilia in the world." - TV Guide American Icons Magazine.

"James Tumblin is a Gone With The Wind Collector Extrordinare." - Robert Osborne.

"A fantastic collection!" - FIDM Museum & Galleries.

"James Tumblin is Mr. Gone With The Wind." - Eddie Marks, President of Western Costume Company.

Gone With The Wind Trivia

A total of 3 child actors portrayed the role of "Bonnie-Blue Butler" in Gone With The Wind:

1.  Greg Giese - "Bonnie-Blue" newly born.

2.  Phyllis Callow - "Bonnie-Blue" age 2 1/2 on horseback with Rhett Butler.

3.  Cammie King - young "Bonnie Blue"

A total of 3 child actors portrayed the role of "Beau-Wilkes" in Gone With The Wind:

1.  Greg Giese - "Baby Beau" at 11 days.

2.  Ric Holt - "Baby Beau" after the Civil War.

3.  Mickey Kuhn - young "Beau-Wilkes".

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