Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Wills in a bow tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To my ‘cousin’ Ted, Thanks for all the nice things you did for ‘Uncle Bawley.’ Chill Wills ‘Giant’ ‘55.” In fine condition, with trivial binder dings to left edge, and a few scattered light surface marks. 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. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
