Prolific American film and stage actress (1889–1970). Large archive of Marjorie Rambeau materials. Highlights of the lot are a freelance contract and four of her Screen Actors Guild membership cards. Contract is a DS, one page, 8.5 x 14, April 23, 1953. Agreement between Rambeau and Columbia Pictures for her to "render services…in the role of Mrs. Nelson, in a photoplay, the working title of which is ‘Scalpel.’” Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Rambeau. The Screen Actors Guild membership cards are dated 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1957–58, and hold an image of her driver's license. Another great piece is a custom-bound hardcover book containing approximately 100 glossy stills from her films, many with photographs stamps or press captions affixed to reverse. Another highlight is a collection of 14 oversized photos, all approximately 11 x 14, including two Clarence Sinclair Bull portraits of Rambeau (one signed by her), as well as 20 other photos of various sizes, including two cabinet-type portraits from early in her career. There is also a scrapbook with approximately 95 candids and publicity photos affixed within, a few signed. Also includes over one hundred news clippings, reviews, and articles about Rambeau from throughout her career. Also present in the lot are a vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 photo of Jack Joy, signed and inscribed to Rambeau in white ink, and two TLSs from screenwriter Eleanore Griffin on 20th Century Fox letterhead. Other items are: four typed manuscripts by her husband, Francis A. Gudger, including a script, two stories, and a lecture; five typed manuscripts of short stories by Charles Owen; and a transcript from Ronald Reagan's television appearance November 4, 1962. In overall very good to fine condition, with many of the oversized photos exhibiting water damage to the top. RR Auction COA.
