Harry Richman Very Rare Very Early Autographed 8/10 Photo '31 Puttin' On Ritz

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Here is a very rare very early vintage original autographed 8" by 10" photo of actor,  singer, dancer, comedian, songwriter, and bandleader Harry Richman (1895-1972), from his prime, dated 1931 in the inscription. Harry Richman was a multi-talented vaudevillian and performer. He had a few movie appearances, including in 1930's Puttin' on the Ritz, featuring the Irving Berlin song. However, most of Richman's experience was on the stage. He began as a piano accompanist for stars like Mae West and Nora Bayes, but was a singer, dancer, comedian, songwriter, and bandleader in his own right. Richman had a total of 10 Broadway appearances between 1920 and 1935, most of them revues and including George White's Scandals (1928-1929) and Ziegfield Follies of 1931 (1931). Richman was also an amateur aviator. In 1936, entertainer Harry Richman, aviation enthusiast and part-time pilot, sponsored a flight between New York and London. He chose Dick Merrill, chief pilot of Eastern Airlines, to pilot the plane, a single engine Vultee VI called Lady Peace. Their journey began at Floyd Bennett field in Brooklyn, N.Y. on September 2nd. They were forced to land at Llwyncelyn, Carmarthenshine, Wales the next day. The return flight departed from Southport, England and ended in a crash-landing at Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada (because Richman had accidentally jettisoned a fuel tank). The flight was successful and Merrill and Richman made the first roundtrip nonstop crossing of the North Atlantic. Paper loss upper right corner, upper border, minor staining lower border, minor corner and edge wear. Very rare.
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Filmography:
Actor (5 credits)
1938The Playboy
Harry
1936The Music Goes 'Round
Harry Wallace
1932I Love a Parade/II (Short)
Singer
1930Clinching a Sale (Short)
Salesman
1930Puttin' on the Ritz
Harry Raymond
Soundtrack (20 credits)
2009/ICracks (performer: "Puttin' on the Ritz")
2009True Blood (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Release Me (2009) ... (music: "There Ought to Be a Moonlight Saving Time" - uncredited)
2007Doctor Who (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Daleks in Manhattan (2007) ... (performer: "Puttin' on the Ritz" (1929) - uncredited)
2003The Blues (TV Mini-Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003) ... (writer: "Muddy Water")
1989Somebody or The Rise and Fall of Philosophy (Short) (performer: "Puttin' on the Ritz")
1956Kelly and Me (writer: "SINGING A VAGABOND SONG")
1951Rich, Young and Pretty (writer: "There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie" - uncredited)
1948The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Bert Wheeler, Harry Richman (1948) ... (performer: "Puttin' on the Ritz")
1938The Playboy (performer: "You're What's The Matter With Me", "Mayfair Merry-Go-Round")
1936The Music Goes 'Round (writer: "Rolling Along", "This Is Love", "Let's Go", "Suzannah", "There'll Be No South")
1932Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee (Short) (music: "There Ought to Be a Moonlight Saving Time" - uncredited)
1932Mr. Robinson Crusoe (writer: "Singing a Vagabond Song" - uncredited)
1930The Thirteenth Prisoner (Short) (lyrics: "Ro-Ro-Rolling Along" - uncredited)
1930Near the Rainbow's End (writer: "Ro-Ro-Rollin' Along")
1930Clinching a Sale (Short) (performer: "Buy a Bergman Broom", "Smiles" - uncredited)
1930Puttin' on the Ritz (performer: "With You" (1930), "There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie" (1930) (uncredited), "Puttin' on the Ritz" (1930)) / (writer: "There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie" (1930), "Singing a Vagabond Song" (1930) - uncredited)
1929Synthetic Sin (music: "Muddy Water" - uncredited)
1928The Larry Ceballos Revue (Short) (writer: "Miss Annabelle Lee", "Muddy Water" - uncredited)
1928/IEarl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra (Short) (writer: "Miss Annabelle Lee" - uncredited)
1927Broadway's Queen of Jazz (Short) (writer: "If It Takes Two Hours to Make Philadelphia" - uncredited)