Swiss actor (1884-1950) and the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. With the advent of sound films, his thick accent ended his career. He returned to Europe and became an enthusiastic supporter of the Nazis, starring in several propagandistic films. Vintage glossy 9 x 11.5 photo of Jannings from the 1939 biopic Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes, inscribed in German in fountain pen and signed “E. Jannings, 26.9.39.” The real-life Koch (1843–1910) was a Nobel Prize–winning German physician best known for isolating the anthrax and tuberculosis bacteria. The photo bears an eagle-with-swastika blindstamp at lower right. In very good condition, with scattered small creases and dings (touching face), and indistinct contrast of ink against dark background. RRAuction COA.
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