{"product_id":"cat-00606122-roland-young","title":"Cat. #00606122  ROLAND YOUNG","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRather uncommon vintage blue \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efountain pen signature on a 4x5-inch tan autograph album page, acquired in-person in the early 1940s and decorated with a \u003cem\u003ePlayers Directory\u003c\/em\u003e image. In good condition, with a stain left by a clipping affixed to the preceding page in the book, which can be trimmed away or matted out, if one so wishes. After establishing himself as a droll, understated farceur on the London stage, Roland Young entered films in the role of Dr. Watson in \u003ci\u003eSherlock Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e (1922), opposite John Barrymore at the titular sleuth.  He was thereafter called upon to play befuddled, whimsical Brits in Hollywood pictures of the late '20s through '40s, including \u003ci\u003eHer Private Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1929), \u003ci\u003eThe Unholy Night\u003c\/i\u003e (1929), \u003ci\u003eThe Bishop Murder Case\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eMadame Satan\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eThe Prodigal\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), \u003ci\u003eThe Squaw Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1931),  \u003ci\u003eThe Guardsman\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), \u003ci\u003eHis Double Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1933), \u003ci\u003eRuggles of Red Gap\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Could Work Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e (1936), \u003ci\u003eKing Solomon's Mines\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), \u003ci\u003eAli Baba Goes to Town\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), Hal Roach's \u003ci\u003eTopper\u003c\/i\u003e fantasy series (1937, 1938, 1941), \u003ci\u003eStar Dust\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), \u003ci\u003ePrivate Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), \u003ci\u003eNo, No, Nanette\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Story\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), \u003ci\u003eTales of Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), and \u003ci\u003eAnd Then There Were None\u003c\/i\u003e (1945). Only rarely was he cast as a villain, but on those occasions, he proved as adept at skullduggery as comedy, memorable in his unsympathetic portrayal of Uriah Heep in \u003ci\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/i\u003e (1935).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47095724736559,"sku":"kvz1793374957396","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/7005\/9055\/files\/cat-00606122-roland-young_1.jpg?v=1793374969","url":"https:\/\/heelcounterstabclad.shop\/products\/cat-00606122-roland-young","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}