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Powell & Pressburger Images - Signatures

This is for images of signatures of the P&P people so that it's possible to check what the signature should look like when it is offered for sale.

There is a very large market dealing in signatures from movie stars, sports stars, even politicians. Because of this, there are a lot of signatures offered that aren't very genuine. Many dealers offer a "Certificate of Authenticity". These are generally valueless. If you trust the dealer why should you need a certificate? If you don't trust the dealer, why should you trust a certificate they send?

The only way to be 100% sure that a signature is genuine is when you saw them sign it.

Note that stars often signed things either with a stamp or an autopen or similar machine. These were signed en-masse in the publicity offices and then passed out on appropriate occasions.

There is an extract about autopens from the FAQ for the newsgroup alt.collecting.autographs:

If you have any signed items that you would like to add to these pages then please email it to me.
Note: I am NOT an expert on authenticating signatures. My guess is as good as anyone else's. This is ONLY for people connected to the P&P films where, unless we have a range of signatures to compare them with, it is just about impossible to say for certain if something is genuine.

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Michael Powell signature on A Life in Movies		Michael Powell signature on Arrows of Desire
Thanks to Tom Ruben for those two
Anna Massey	Anton Walbrook	Bernard Miles	Bonar Colleano (Thanks to David W. Earl)	Conrad Veidt
Cyril Cusack (on letter)	David Farrar	Deborah Kerr	Deborah Kerr
Dennis Price	Emeric Pressburger "The "Eve" in the dedication is photographer Eve Arnold. This is from a copy of Behold a Pale Horse.	Eric Portman	Eric Portman (Probably not "in person")	Eric Portman (Thanks to David W. Earl)
Esmond Knight	Esmond Knight	Mary Morris	Pamela Green
Flora Robson	Godfrey Tearle	Googie Withers	Glynis Johns
Jack Hawkins (Embarkation card)	Jennifer Jones		Jennifer Jones (on document)
Kathleen Byron	Kathleen Byron	Kathleen Byron	These signatures look the same as the one that Kathleen signed for me (in the AMOLAD book, the "little red book")
Kim Hunter	Marius Goring	Marius Goring	Leonide Massine (on business letter)
Moira Shearer (probably "in person")	Moira Shearer (A bad fake)	Moira Shearer (Rubber stamp)	Moira Shearer
Raymond Massey	Raymond Massey
Roger Livesey (Also Micheal Redgrave & Rachel Kempson)	Roger Livesey (variation)	Roger Livesey (signed photo)
Sabu	Sheila Sim (First day cover)		Wendy Hiller

And here are a few kindly provided for comparison by Philip Leibfred

Cleo Laine (an extra in ToB)	Joan Korda (Wife of Zoltan Korda)
Robert Douglas	Valerie Hobson

EotW cast & crew signatures