Two items: vintage glossy 8 x 10 Warner Bros. publicity photo, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “To Ted, So nice working with you—Thanks and good luck, Alan Ladd ‘55”; and a TLS signed “Alan,” one page, dated December 3, 1962, on his personal letterhead. Ladd thanks Ted Ashton for many hospital visits and well wishes. In fine condition, with some light bends and surface marks to photo. Ted Ashton, a Princeton graduate, began his motion picture career in 1947 in the publicity department at Warner Brothers. He soon became a unit publicist on many of the studios most successful films for the next 18 years. Among his many credits were Giant, Mister Roberts, Auntie Mame, East of Eden, Calamity Jane, The Green Berets, and Bound for Glory. RRAuction COA.
