{"product_id":"cat-0001622-walter-abel","title":"Cat. #0001622:  WALTER ABEL","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003eVintage 8x10-inch black and white 1941 Paramount Studios publicity portrait, boldly signed and inscribed in black fountain pen in the early 1940s. In very fine condition. F\u003c\/span\u003eollowing a modestly successful career on stage in the 1920s and early 1930s, and lackluster leading roles in the box office flops \u003ci\u003eLiliom\u003c\/i\u003e (1930) and \u003ci\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), leading man Walter Abel was relegated to character work, where he, at long last, found his niche. With his clarion voice, wide smile and ever-present pencil mustache, he spent 60 years playing scores of well-groomed, sincere professional personages, within whom lurked streaks of barely controlled hysteria. Of particular note were his performances as the prosecuting attorney in Fritz Lang's \u003ci\u003eFury\u003c\/i\u003e (1936), the dyspeptic newspaper editor in \u003ci\u003eArise My Love\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), Inspector Hammock in \u003ci\u003eHold Back the Dawn \u003c\/i\u003e(1942), Bing Crosby's and Fred Astaire's long-suffering agent in \u003ci\u003eHoliday Inn \u003c\/i\u003e(1942), George Trellis in \u003ci\u003eMr. Skeffington\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), and Colonel Fuller in \u003ci\u003eIsland in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e (1953). One of his final roles was that of Mayor Adams in the John Carradine cult horror flick \u003ci\u003eSilent Night, Bloody Night\u003c\/i\u003e in 1974, his only foray into that genre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792192123017,"sku":"ysg1793133264329","price":47.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/3246\/5289\/files\/cat-0001622-walter-abel_1.jpg?v=1793133273","url":"https:\/\/joywall.shop\/products\/cat-0001622-walter-abel","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}