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Authentic, Autographed Antique Black White Publicity Photograph. Depicting movie actor Francis Lederer. Inscription reads, "Please believe me that I deeply appreciate your interest, from Francis Lederer." Reverse side is blank. Measures approximately 8 x 10 including white border. Condition: This is an original autographed photograph, not a copy or reproduction. It is guaranteed authentic. Aside from some spotting on the left edge, it is in very good condition. Comments: Francis Lederer (November 6, 1899 - May 25, 2000) was an Austro-Hungarian Empire-born American film and stage actor with a successful career, first in Europe, then in the United States. In a leading role he portrayed a playboy in Mitchell Leisen's Midnight, with Claudette Colbert and John Barrymore in 1939. Later he began to expand his character parts to include villains. Edward G. Robinson praised Lederer's performance as a German American Bundist in Confessions of a Nazi Spy in 1939, and he earned plaudits for his portrayal of a fascist in The Man I Married (1940) with Joan Bennett. He also played Count Dracula in The Return of Dracula (1958). He also appeared in stage productions of Golden Boy (1937); Seventh Heaven (1939); No Time for Comedy (1939), in which he replaced Laurence Olivier; The Play's the Thing (1942); A Doll's House (1944); Arms and the Man (1950); The Sleeping Prince (1956); and The Diary of Anne Frank (1958).