Lot 555: SHEARER, NORMA. 1902-1983.

1. 7 Autograph Letters Signed and 1 Typed Letters Signed ("Norma Shearer"), 11 pp, 4to, 8vo and 12mo, Santa Monica and Los Angeles, 1930s to August 16, 1970, most to George Cukor, light thumbing. With signature. Shearer writes Cukor after the death of her husband Irving Thalberg: "Dear George / I am so grateful for all you contributed to dear Irving's life. / I am thinking of you often and hope that things are going well for you. I hear they are. / I will look forward to seeing you a little later."
2. 6 Photographs Signed ("Norma Shearer"), three 8 by 10 and three 11 by 14 inch silver prints, larger print of Shearer as Marie Antoinette with Willinger imprint, other early examples.

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