Legendary director (1885-1957) whose autocratic nature and profligacy brought an end to his directorial career. He went on to enjoy success as a character actor, perhaps most memorably as Gloria Swanson's faithful butler in the 1950 classic Sunset Boulevard. Vintage matte-finish 5 x 7 photo of Stroheim as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in the 1943 war film Five Graves to Cairo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in French, "…mes meilleurs voeux, Erich von Stroheim." In very fine condition.
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