Lana Turner Autograph: 3.5 x 5.5, CoA

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Early Lana Turner autograph on card. 3.5 x 5.5 cardboard, magazine image, authentic signature Lana Turner from the 1970s.

The autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

One of the most glamorous superstars of Hollywood's golden era, Lana Turner was born in 1921, in Wallace, ID. At the age of 15, while cutting school, she was spotted by Hollywood Reporter and enchanted by her beauty, he escorted her to the offices of the Zeppo Marx Agency, resulting in a bit part in 1937's A Star Is Born.

She won her first lead role in the 1939 B-comedy These Glamour Girls. Dancing Co-Ed, a vehicle for bandleader Artie Shaw, followed that same year, and after starring in 1940's Two Girls on Broadway, she and Shaw married.

Turner was touted by MGM as a successor to Jean Harlow. She became a popular pin-up, especially with American soldiers fighting overseas. In 1941 she starred opposite Clark Gable in Honky Tonk, her first major hit. They again teamed in Somewhere I'll Find You the next year.

Upon returning in 1944's Marriage Is a Private Affair, Turner's stardom slowly began to grow, culminating in her most sultry and effective turn to date as a femme fatale in 1946's The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Item ID: col8361