Cat. #001713: LEWIS MILESTONE

Rare vintage inscribed fountain pen signature on a 4x6-inch tan autograph album page, acquired in-person in the 1930s.  In good condition.  Pioneering director Lewis Milestone earned Oscars for the silent Two Arabian Knights (1927) and anti-war All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), and was also nominated for The Front Page (1931).  Among his numerous innovations was the use of cameras mounted on wooden tracks, giving his films a more realistic, fluid look.  Other trademarks included taut editing, snappy dialogue and clever visual touches, as seen in the melodrama Rain (1932), Of Mice and Men (1939), A Walk in the Sun (1945), The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), Les Miserables (1952), and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).