Alexander Kirkland, Radio, Broadway & Film and similar items

Authentic, Autographed Antique Black White Publicity Photograph. Depicting actor Alexander Kirkland. Photo by Mortimer Offner, New York. Inscription reads, "To John L. Dickson, the best regards of Alexander Kirkland." Reverse side includes photographer's stamp. Measures approximately 7.25 x 8.5. Condition: This is an original autographed photograph, not a copy or reproduction. It is guaranteed authentic. It is in very good condition. Comments: William Alexander Kirkland (September 15, 1901 - Mexico City, Mexico - ca. 1986) was a leading man in Hollywood during the early sound era as well as a stage actor who starred in productions of the Group Theatre in New York. On radio, Kirkland played David Brewster in the soap opera Big Sister in the early 1940s, Curt Lansing in John's Other Wife, and Russell Barrington in Society Girl in that same era. He toured as one of the Yale Puppeteers and then worked with the troupe at the Turnabout Theatre in Los Angeles, which operated from 1941 to 1956. His friend and theater colleague Forman Brown used him as the model for one of his characters in the early gay novel Better Angel (1933). He married entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee in 1942. They separated after three months and finally were divorced in 1944. Their son Eric later was recognized as the son of director Otto Preminger. He appeared in several movies including Passport to Hell, Black Beauty, and A Face in the Crowd.