{"product_id":"cat-001081-jerome-cowan","title":"Cat. #001081:  JEROME COWAN","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #eeeeee;\"\u003eUncommon vintage inscribed signature in black fountain pen on a 4x6-inch yellow autograph album page, acquired in-person in 1938.  In good condition, with a fleck of soiling to the upper right-hand corner, well away from the writing.  Jerome Cowan was one of Hollywood's most prolific and instantly recognizable character actors.  With his pencil-thin mustache, slicked-back hair, immaculate suits, and witty repartee, he portrayed a vast assortment of rejected husbands, shifty politicians, lawyers, gangsters, and shady detectives.  He also excelled at delivering snappy repartee and witty or barbed one-liners which were typical of the gritty Warner Brothers films of the 1930s and 1940's.  Cowan's long list of classic film credits includes \u003cem\u003eBeloved Enemy\u003c\/em\u003e (1936), \u003cem\u003eShall We Dance \u003c\/em\u003e(1937), \u003cem\u003eThere's Always a Woman \u003c\/em\u003e(1938), \u003cem\u003eThe Maltese Falcon \u003c\/em\u003e(1938), \u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eTorrid Zone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e (1940), \u003cem\u003eHigh Sierra \u003c\/em\u003e(1941), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eFrisco Lil \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e(1942), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eCrime by Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e (1944), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eMr. Skeffington\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e (1944), the horror gems \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eFog Island \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e(1945) and \u003cem\u003eJungle Captive\u003c\/em\u003e (1945), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eDeadline for Murder \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e(1946), \u003cem\u003eCry Wolf \u003c\/em\u003e(1947), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eRiffraff \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e(1947), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eMiracle on 34th Street \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e(1947), \u003cem\u003eNight Has a Thousand Eyes \u003c\/em\u003e(1948), and sci-fi's \u003cem\u003eVisit to a Small Planet\u003c\/em\u003e (1960).  He also memorably portrayed Dagwood's boss George Radcliffe in the \u003cem\u003eBlondie\u003c\/em\u003e comedy series of the 1940s.  His extensive television work included a \u003c\/span\u003ea short, but poignant performance, opposite Ida Lupino, in \"T\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003ehe Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine\", a 1959 episode of \"The Twilight Zone\",\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e as a heavily aged former matinee idol.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67861044560099,"sku":"gqg1793368435200","price":33.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/3965\/8211\/files\/cat-001081-jerome-cowan_1.jpg?v=1793368448","url":"https:\/\/vintageinspiredwear.shop\/products\/cat-001081-jerome-cowan","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}