EUROPEAN CINEMA: Selection of vintage signed 10 x 8 photographs and slightly smaller by various European film stars, mainly Italian, comprising Vittorio De Sica (in costume as Carlo Reani in a scene alongside other actors from the comedy film The Last Five Minutes, also signed by Rossano Brazzi, with a hurried signature, and Sophie Desmarets), Andrea Checchi (in costume as Colonel Sermonti from the war drama film Attack and Retreat, 1964), Peter van Eyck (in costume as Hafner in a scene from the war drama film The Impostor, 1944), Fabio Testi (in costume as Diaz in a scene from the political thriller film Nada, 1974), Eleonora Rossi-Drago (in costume as Elena Landa in a scene from the film The Slave, 1953), Walter Chiari (in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Angelo Pincilli from the comedy film Monte Carlo or Bust!, 1969), Raf Vallone (in costume as Thanos from the film Phaedra, 1962) and Melina Mercouri (in costume as Donna Lucrezia in a scene from the film The Law, 1959). All are signed in bold blue or black fountain pen inks, most to clear areas of the images, and the majority are inscribed. Generally VG, 8

 

Provenance: The present photographs originate from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink.