{"product_id":"cat-00315-sig-ruman","title":"Cat. #00315:  SIG RUMAN","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003eHighly rare vintage inscribed violet fountain pen signature on a 3x5-inch off-white card, acquired in-person by a noted autograph hound in the 1950s and decorated with a small magazine image of the star. In good condition. \u003c\/span\u003eWith his crazed eyes, frenetic energy and walrus mustache, busy German-born character actor Sig Ruman was equally adept at comedy and drama, typically cast as pompous bureaucrats whose accents grew increasingly incomprehensible as they were whipped up into frenzies. He was a favorite of the Marx Brothers, memorable as the stiff-shirted opera owner Herman Gottlieb in \u003ci\u003eA Night at the Opera\u003c\/i\u003e (1935) and a know-it-all surgeon, crossing swords with Groucho over what exactly was wrong with hypochondriac Margaret Dumont in \u003ci\u003eA Day at the Races\u003c\/i\u003e (1937). During the Second World War, he starred in espionage thrillers like \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Nazi Spy\u003c\/i\u003e (1939) and \u003ci\u003eThe Hitler Gang\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), as well as in Ernst Lubitsch's \u003ci\u003eTo Be or Not to Be \u003c\/i\u003e(1942). His many other classic film credits include the horror classic \u003ci\u003eHouse of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), in which he played Burgomeister Rumann; \u003ci\u003eThink Fast, Mr. Moto \u003c\/i\u003e(1937) and \u003ci\u003eThank You, Mr. Moto\u003c\/i\u003e (1937); \u003ci\u003eHeidi\u003c\/i\u003e (1937); \u003ci\u003eNinotchka\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), with Bela Lugosi; \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Bernadette \u003c\/i\u003e(1943); \u003ci\u003eThe Dolly Sisters \u003c\/i\u003e(1945); \u003ci\u003eNight and Day \u003c\/i\u003e(1947); \u003ci\u003eHoudini \u003c\/i\u003e(1953); \u003ci\u003eStalag 17\u003c\/i\u003e (1953); and \u003ci\u003eThe Glenn Miller Story\u003c\/i\u003e (1954).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52465867981095,"sku":"scy1793133053851","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/6984\/6055\/files\/cat-00315-sig-ruman_1.jpg?v=1793133087","url":"https:\/\/evegate.shop\/products\/cat-00315-sig-ruman","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}