Vintage softcover guest book, 9 x 7, notated in pencil on the cover “Municipal Life Guard Service, Santa Monica, California,” signed inside by 307, mostly in fountain pen with a few in pencil, with many signers adding their residences. Celebrity signers of note are: Will Rogers, Jackie Coogan, Johnny Weissmuller, Lupe Velez, Tom Mix, Maureen O’Sullivan, Constance Talmadge, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Sid Grauman, Andy Devine, Leo Carillo, Gary Cooper, Buster Crabbe, Frank Morgan, Mack Sennett, Clark Gable, Ben Turpin, James Cagney, Thelma Todd, Norma Shearer, Edward G. Robinson, Erich von Stroheim, Ted Healy, Paulette Goddard, Mary Pickford, Frances Farmer, Cecil B. deMille, Ginger Rogers, Sidney Toler, Arthur Lake, Elissa Landi, Deanna Durbin, Buddy Ebsen, Bonita Granville, Howard Hickman, Monte Blue, Robert Young, Chester Morris, Lee Tracy, Lewis Stone, Grady Sutton, Sid Silvers, Buddy Rogers, and Dick Powell. Other signatures inside include civic leaders, officials, and several members of the USC football team. In very good condition, with scattered toning and soiling to inside pages, some light brushing to several signatures, slight overlap of some signatures, a vertical crease to front cover, and surface loss and chipping to covers and spine. An impressive who’s who of vintage Hollywood. RRAuction COA.
