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(ENTERTAINMENT--THEATER.) Memorabilia signed by Pearl Bailey for Cab Calloway, relating to their starring roles in Hello Dolly. 5 items; condition generally strong except as noted. Vp, circa 1967-71
The hit Broadway musical Hello Dolly launched in 1964 with Carol Channing as the star. It was rebooted in November 1967 with an all-Black cast starring Pearl Bailey as Dolly and Cab Calloway as Horace. Offered here are 5 related items signed for Calloway:
8 x 10 photograph of Bailey and Calloway dancing at a private party, signed in Bailey's hand (and using their characters' names) "Dear Horace, we'll be at it 50 years from now. Bless vaudeville. Love, Dolly"; 2 bits of tape in upper margin.
Illustrated program for the production, signed "Pearl" on her double-page spread, page 3.
St. James Theatre Playbill for August 1969, signed "Pearl" over the cast list on page 11.
8 x 10 photograph of Bailey signed "All my love, Pearl."
Letter Signed "Pearl" to "Dearest 'Horace'", thanking Calloway for his television appearance on the Pearl Bailey Show: "It was a ball all week. All love and appreciation to a beautiful human being. Love to Nuffie, Cabella, and my Chris." Streak of rust visible in letter. Hollywood, CA, 8 January 1971.
