Autographs: The Quiet Man (1952) cast and crew, including, J...

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Autographs: The Quiet Man (1952) cast and crew, including, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, John Ford and others; Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, London Palladium programme,1953; and Maureen O’Hara, Signed Braniff International American Airways ticket jacket,1973 - The Quiet Man (1952) Ten Cast and Crew signatures, to include: Maureen O’Hara (Mary Kate Danaher) signed in black ink on a single side of a white card, captioned in pencil by another hand on reverse, 13 x 7cm; John Wayne (Sean Thornton), Andrew McLaglen (Assistant Director), and Victor McLaglen (Squire ‘Red‘ Will Danaher), three signatures, each signed in blue ink on a single side of a lined piece of paper, further captioned by another hand above in black ink, ‘11th June 1951, Ashford Castle, Co. Mayo’, 13 x 8cm; Barry Fitzgerald (Michaleen Oge Flynn) signed in blue ink on a single side of a piece of paper, 14 x 8.5cm; Mildred Natwick (widow, Sarah Tillane) signed in blue ink on a single side of a white card, captioned above by another hand, 12.5 x 8cm; Winton C. Hoch (A.S.C,, Director of Photography), Ward Bond (Father Peter Lonergan), and Wingate Smith (Assistant Director) three signatures, each signed in blue ink on a single side of a lined piece of paper, further captioned by another hand above in black ink, ‘11th June 1951, Ashford Castle, Co. Mayo’, 13 x 8cm; John Ford (Director) Signed in black marker pen on a single side of a white card, 12.5 x 8cm; together with, a related vintage post card depicted, Ashford Castle Hotel, Cong, Co. Mayo, Ireland. together with, Maureen O’Hara (1920-2015) Braniff International American Airways ticket jacket, inscribed and signed by the actress in blue ink on reverse, the dedication reads, ‘To Buffy – My seat mate to London Love Maureen O’Hara’, further captioned ‘April 14th 1973’ in pencil above by another hand, 20.5 x 9.5cm, loosely inserted inside a related Pan American Airways Transatlantic flight menu, 14.5 x 23.5cm; together with, an accompanying typescript, photo. illustrated Letter of Authenticity, dated 2016, depicted Maureen O’ Hara holding a large bouquet of flowers, seated in the plane’s cockpit next to her husband, Captain Charles F. Blair (1909-1978) American aviation pioneer and pilot with Pan American World Airways, . . . ‘After take-off, this beautiful, charming, glamorous, Hollywood Star propped herself up and leaned over her seat for several hours, chatting with us . . . We were dazzled!’ . . ., 21 x 30cm; together with, Dean Martin (1917-1995) and Jerry Lewis (1926-2017) Autographed London Palladium Programme, 1953, promoting the first UK appearance of the American comedy duo, singer, Dean Martin and comedian, Jerry Lewis. Signed on page-7 by Martin and Lewis in blue ballpoint pen beneath each of their caricature images, pictorial colour stapled paper wrappers, 12-pages, illustrations and adverts throughout, priced sixpence, 13 x 21cm; together with, two related black and white press photographs, each numbered in pencil with handwritten captions on reverse, the first caption reads: ‘Dean and Jerry on-stage-London Palladium – July, 1953’; the second: with Matthews’ News Agency stamp, caption reads, ‘Mrs. Val Parnell & friend visit Jerry & Dean in their dressing room. Palladium-July 1953’, each 10 x 8 inches; and a smaller black and white Paramount publicity photograph, 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches. Provenance: The Quiet Man (1952) – The signatures were mostly collected and signed in person for the vendor's parents on the film’s sets whilst they were on their honeymoon in 1951, and met the cast and crew during filming in Connemara and the grounds of Ashford Castle in Cong, County Mayo, Ireland. Maureen O’Hara, Autographed Braniff International American Airways ticket jacket – Signed in person for twelve-year-old Ann Baker from Pennsylvania (addressing her by her childhood nickname, ‘Buffy’) when she flew first class to London with her family on the same flight as Maureen O’Hara and her husband, Captain Blair. ‘Buffy’s’ father, who piloted the flight, knew Miss O’Hara, and had flown together with Captain Charles F. Blair on numerous occasions. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis - This item has not been authenticated, please satisfy yourself as to the veracity of this item prior to bidding.