8" X 10" Black & White Autographed Photograph Of Silent Screen Movie Star William S. Hart

WILLIAM S. HART

Publication: ca 1920s,

Pictured in full-dress cowboy garb, standing with E. A. Brininstool outside a large tent on the movie set of his last major film, TUMBLEWEEDS, with the inscription, "To my Pard of Sagebrush Land, L. H. Spragle, E. A. Brininstool." William S. Hart was a famous Hollywood western movie star, beginning in the era of the silent film and into the early talking pictures. In his day, he was perhaps the most popular western star, his final major picture being TUMBLEWEEDS, in 1925. He wrote several young people's books and an autobiography. He died in 1946. E. A. Brininstool was a newspaperman and a student of western history. He published several books on Custer, Indian Wars, gunfighters, and unfair treatment of the Indians by the Government and the military. L. H. Spragle, lived in Pennsylvania and was a long-time friend of Brininstool. Fine photograph.

Inventory Number: 30342