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K34-7 JACQUELINE & JOHN KENNEDY SIGNED PHOTO
K34-7 JACQUELINE & JOHN KENNEDY SIGNED PHOTO
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Jacqueline and John Kennedy signed photo with best wishes to Mrs. William Dozier who is Ann Rutherford, with a letter on The White House stationary from Kenneth O\'Donnell Special Assistant to the President. A memento of the meeting of the Presidents Club held in Los Angeles on June 7,1963.Therese Ann Rutherford (November 2, 1917 June 11, 2012), known as Ann Rutherford, was a Canadian-American actress in film, radio, and television. She had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict during the 1930s and 1940s in the Andy Hardy series, and as Scarlett O\'Hara\'s sister in the film Gone with the Wind (1939).William Dozier (February 13, 1908 April 23, 1991) was an American film and television producer and actor.He began in the film industry. With Joan Fontaine he co-founded Rampart Productions, responsible for Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948).He is best remembered as the Executive Producer and Narrator of the Batman television series (19661968), although he was uncredited for the role as narrator. He also performed those functions on the The Green Hornet television show, which starred Van Williams and Bruce Lee, although here the narration was limited to the stock opening, the next-episode trailers, and the story-so-far recaps in its three two-part episodes. Dozier also made a screen test of an aborted version of Wonder Woman in 1967. Dozier was married to Katherine Foley from 1929 until their marriage ended in divorce in 1946. They had one son, Robert. Then, Dozier married Joan Fontaine from 1946 until they divorced in 1951. They had one daughter, Debbie. Then, Dozier married Ann Rutherford in 1953. Their marriage would last until Dozier\'s death in 1991.Ann Rutherford was born in Vancouver, to John Rutherford, a former operatic tenor, and Lucille Mansfield, a silent film actress. While Rutherford was still a baby, the family moved to San Francisco. Soon afterwards, her parents separated and Lucille Mansfield moved to Los Angeles with Ann Rutherford and her sister Judith. While roller skating home from middle school in Hollywood, Rutherford would stop at some of the radio studios to listen to voice actors perform. After being criticized one day by her English teacher, Rutherford decided to show her up. The girl falsified an acting history and applied for work at radio station KFAC. A month later, Rutherford had a part in a radio serial drama. She was married twice. On December 31, 1942, she married David May II, the grandson of the founder of the May Company department stores the couple had a girl, Gloria May, in 1943. On June 6, 1953, Rutherford and May were divorced in a court in Jurez, Mexico. On October 7, 1953, in New York City, Rutherford married actor/producer William Dozier, the creator of the Batman (196668) TV series. Dozier died in Santa Monica of a stroke on April 23, 1991.Film careerIn 1935, Rutherford began her Hollywood film career in the starring role of Joan O\'Brien in the dramatic film Waterfront Lady for Mascot Pictures, later to be Republic Pictures. Rutherford soon established herself as a popular leading lady of Western films at Republic, costarring with actors Gene Autry and John Wayne.In 1937, Rutherford left Republic and signed a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. At MGM, Rutherford appeared as the Spirit of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (1938) and Lydia Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (1940) among other roles. In 1938, MGM loaned Rutherford to Selznick International Pictures to appear as Carreen O\'Hara, the sister of Scarlett O\'Hara, in the film Gone with the Wind (1939). MGM boss Louis Mayer originally refused the loan because he considered the role too minor, but Rutherford passionately appealed to him to change his mind. In December 1939, while promoting the new movie, Rutherford visited six Confederate Army veterans at the Confederate Soldiers Home near Atlanta. One of the veterans gave Rutherford a rose corsage tied with Confederate colors. From 1937 until 1942, Rutherford portrayed Polly Benedict in the MGM Andy Hardy youth comedy film series with actor Mickey Rooney. Her first film in this series was You\'re Only Young Once (1937) and the last was Andy Hardy\'s Double Life (1942). Rutherford\'s performances as Andy Hardy\'s sweet and patient girlfriend established her screen popularity.Rutherford also played Carol Lambert, comedian Red Skelton\'s screen girlfriend, for MGM in a series of mystery/comedies: Whistling in the Dark (1941), Whistling in Dixie (1942), and Whistling in Brooklyn (1943). In the early 1940s, Rutherford left MGM to work without contract with different studios. During this period, she starred in films such as Orchestra Wives (1942) with 20th Century Fox, Two O\'Clock Courage (1945) with RKO Radio Pictures, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), also with RKO. In 1950, Rutherford retired from films. Despite Mickey Rooney\'s pleas, she turned down returning as Polly Benedict in Andy Hardy Comes Home stating that she didn\'t believe most people married their first sweethearts and Andy Hardy now being a judge was implausible.Estimate $1,000 - $1,500 Starting Bid $200
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