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1945 Fan Mail From UK To CA - "Uncalled For At Mgm"

 
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Posted 08/08/2013   1:15 pm  Show Profile Check Nells250's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add Nells250 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
This cover was mailed to MGM studios in California by a fan of Faye Emerson. It is stamped "UNCALLED FOR AT METRO-GOLDWIN-MAYER". Interestingly, the cover has been opened and still has the request for an autographed photo inside.

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Posted 08/09/2013   7:43 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Bujutsu to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting cover

It would be a nice addition to a Hollywood themed collection.

Chimo

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Posted 08/09/2013   7:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add revcollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
By 1945 she had already married FDR's son Elliot and moved back east, which is why it was uncalled for.
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Posted 08/09/2013   7:56 pm  Show Profile Check Nells250's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Nells250 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hey, I didn't know that! She is someone I know little about.
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Okay ... now for some details!

I assume the red marking "Uncalled for at..." was a postal marking.

Has anyone noticed that they misspelled MGM in that rubber stamp? It should be "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" with a "y" in "Goldwyn"; not an "i"!
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Posted 08/16/2013   4:32 pm  Show Profile Check Nells250's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Nells250 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hey, you're right!! Wow... I don't think the studio would allow such a typo to occur on their end, so maybe you are right and it is a PO stamp. I suppose there would be a LOT of undeliverable fan mail back then, warranting a special stamp.
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Posted 08/16/2013   10:21 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Terence Collins to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Nells250,

The main reason the letter was not collected may have been that Faye Emerson was under contract to Warner from 1941 to 1944, not Metro Goldwyn Mayer. From accounts I have read she was a very smart lady as well as being easy on the eye. Photo below.

Terry
Edited to add IMDb biography

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256207/bio

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Posted 08/18/2013   3:21 pm  Show Profile Check Nells250's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Nells250 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
So THAT si what she looked like. I've heard her mentioned in old radio shows but never had a face to associate with the jokes.
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