{"product_id":"cat-001515012-louis-jean-heydt","title":"Cat. #001515012:  LOUIS JEAN HEYDT","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003eScarce blue ballpoint pen signature on a 4x6-inch pale yellow autograph album page, acquired in-person in the early 1950s. In good condition, with a minute fleck of soiling on the right side, away from the writing, left by an image that was once affixed to the leaf. Originally a Broadway leading man, Louis Jean Heydt had a successful run in \"Strictly Dishonorable\" (1929), directed by Preston Sturgess, with whom he would later collaborate on the films \u003ci\u003eThe Great McGinty\u003c\/i\u003e (1940) and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Moment\u003c\/i\u003e (1942). With his transition to Hollywood in the 1930s, he was increasingly relegated to character roles, typically cast as average Joes who were painfully timid or down-on-their-luck, or else rapidly done in, due to their own shady business or knowledge of the wrongdoings of others. He was knocked off in the first three minutes of \u003ci\u003eCharlie Chan at Treasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e (1939) and was plugged full of holes just before revealing an important tidbit to Bogie in \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e (1946). Among his many other memorable film roles were the heckled physician in \u003ci\u003eMake Way for Tomorrow \u003c\/i\u003e(1937), a hungry soldier in \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), Mentor Graham in \u003ci\u003eAbe Lincoln in Illinois\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), a frustrated general practitioner in \u003ci\u003eTortilla Flat \u003c\/i\u003e(1941), a squadron leader in \u003ci\u003eGung Ho\u003c\/i\u003e (1943), Douglas Walton in the Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff horror flick \u003ci\u003eZombies on Broadway \u003c\/i\u003e(1945), and a loquacious rural family man in \u003ci\u003eCome to the Stable\u003c\/i\u003e (1949). \u003ci\u003eOur Gang \u003c\/i\u003efans will also remember him as Bobby Blake's stepfather in the shorts \u003ci\u003eDad for a Day\u003c\/i\u003e (1939) and \u003ci\u003eAll About Hash\u003c\/i\u003e (1940). Heydt died of a heart attack at the age of 56 and autographed material in any format is extremely difficult to locate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792208998537,"sku":"sok1793133359652","price":51.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/3246\/5289\/files\/cat-001515012-louis-jean-heydt_1.jpg?v=1793133369","url":"https:\/\/joywall.shop\/products\/cat-001515012-louis-jean-heydt","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}