{"product_id":"cat-0013422-rex-evans","title":"Cat. #0013422:  REX EVANS","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003eHighly rare vintage handwritten, signed letter to fellow actor Peter Hansen in blue ballpoint pen on an 8.5 x 11-inch sheet of his personal stationery, dating to the 1960s. In good condition, with a few minor surface crinkles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003e Note that the image of the star shown here alongside the scan of the signed document is not included. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003ePortly British character actor Rex Evans made his bones as a London cabaret and music hall performer, before relocating to the States and simultaneously embarking upon stage and film careers. On the big screen, he was the quintessential corpulent sugar daddy, unscrupulous millionaire or dignified manservant, memorable in classic films like \u003ci\u003eCamille\u003c\/i\u003e (1936), \u003ci\u003eRembrandt\u003c\/i\u003e (1936), \u003ci\u003eA Star Is Born\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), \u003ci\u003eThe Prince and the Pauper\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Story\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), \u003ci\u003eSuspicion\u003c\/i\u003e (1941), \u003ci\u003eThe Shanghai Gesture\u003c\/i\u003e (1941), \u003ci\u003eNazty Nuisance \u003c\/i\u003e(1943), \u003ci\u003eAli Baba and the Forty Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), \u003ci\u003eThe Thin Man Goes Home\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), \u003ci\u003eThe Ziegfeld Follies\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), and \u003ci\u003eTill the Cloud Rolls By\u003c\/i\u003e (1946). Evans is dear to the hearts of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery buffs for his portrayals of Constable Briggs in \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Man Returns\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), the grumpy innkeeper in \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein Meets the Wolfman\u003c\/i\u003e (1943), Lord Goodbody in \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), and the principal villain in the Sherlock Holmes opus \u003ci\u003ePursuit to Algiers\u003c\/i\u003e (1945).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67860953235683,"sku":"znc1793368202628","price":54.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/3965\/8211\/files\/cat-0013422-rex-evans_1.jpg?v=1793368209","url":"https:\/\/vintageinspiredwear.shop\/products\/cat-0013422-rex-evans","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}