Description: Charles Starrett Signed 8x11 Book Photo !!! in very good condition........ Signed "Tom front Shoot! You are a good guy Charles "Durango" Starrett" He was cast in a role as an extra in the 1926 film, "The Quarterback." This inspired him to pursue an acting career. Starrett studied at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. He began appearing in vaudeville and stock company performances along the Atlantic Seaboard then obtained leading roles on Broadway. A screen test in Hollywood landed him a contract with Paramount studios and a role in the film "Fast and Loose." His career barely off the ground, he put it all in jeopardy by helping to form the Screen Actors Guild, a labor movement for actors and actresses. Today it is a force defining working conditions, compensation and benefits on behalf of artists. After a few years of bland romantic leads: 'The Mask of Fu Manchu, Jungle Bride, Sons of Steel,' Starrett switched to Westerns, signing with Columbia Pictures and a partnership which lasted for some sixteen years. He made over 100 pictures for them and appeared in almost 175 B-grade westerns overall during his career. A few: 'Gallant Defender (his first) The Cowboy Star, Outlaws of the Prairie, Texas Stagecoach and Bad Men of the Hills.' (his better films) He made a 64-picture run that featured him as the Durango Kid. The Kid was the gallant defender of good against evil. Whenever the day needed saving, he simply changed clothes, donned his mask, black western wear, guns and summoned his white horse "Raider." He retired from acting in 1952 after making his last movie, "The Kid From Broken Gun." Also listed Pola Negri SIGNED, Montgomery Clift SIGNED, Mae West SIGNED, Herb Ritts, Hurrell, Olivia de Havilland SIGNED, 1920s Hollywood Magazines, George Raft SIGNED, Rudolph Valentino, Katharine Hepburn SIGNED & other Hollywood Items!! Thanks for looking and happy bidding Combine postage offered on all items
Price: 18 USD
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
End Time: 2025-01-19T00:43:51.000Z
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Industry: Movies
Object Type: Photograph
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