Selling signed photographs was an important source of income in her later years for Adriana Caselotti, the original voice of Snow White. In an earlier Archive entry, we saw a variety of autographed pieces, similar to this 8x10 below.
On August 26, 1994, Adriana penned a letter announcing a series of nine different signed black & white glossy 8x10 photos that she was offering for sale. The letter was photocopied--along with a homemade brochure featuring images of all nine items--then sent out to interested fans,
In a handwritten note on the back of this brochure, Adriana explains to a fan why it wouldn't be fair to offer him a free autograph when everyone else has to pay a fee.
Special thanks to Greg Philip of A Lost Film for sharing these images from his collection.
"I am, now, 78 years old so you better act darn fast!" Awwww, she only lived another two and a half years after writing that. I wish I had known that she was doing this. I would have sent for an autograph!
ReplyDeleteMe too. I was totally unaware of it at the time.
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