REUNION CAST Hattie McDaniel, Jean Hersholt and other cast members sign a partly printed document saluting Oscar-winner Norman Taurog, who directed the film. Document signed: "Sam Hellman" for screenplay, "Gladys Hellman" (a scriptwriter), "Bogart Rogers" as Associate Producer, "Daniel B Clark" as Cinematographer, "Dow Flick" as Sound Technician, "Joe Behm" as Property Master, "Ed O'Fearia" as Assistant Director; and by 18 cast members: "Jean Hersholt (Skaal!)", "Hattie McDaniel", "Rochelle Hudson", "Helen Vinson", "'Slim' Summerville", "Robert Kent", "Dorothy Peterson", "John Qualen", "Alan Dinehart", "J Edward Bromberg", "Sara Haden", "Montagu Love", "Tom Moore", "George Ernest", "Katharine Alexander", "Esther Ralston", "Edward McWade", "Maude Ebern". 24 Signatures in all. Souvenir signature sheet presented to Director Norman Taurog by cast and crew of the 1936 20th Century-Fox film. Reunion was a film about the famed Canadian Dionne Quintuplets. HATTIE McDANIEL (1895-1952), cast in a minor role in this film, would rise above the stereotyped portrayals of the era to deliver a Best Supporting Actress Oscar as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), the first African-American to win the coveted statuette. JEAN HERSHOLT (1886-1956), a Danish actor who had starred in silent films, was cast in Reunion as Dr. Dafoe, the country doctor who delivered the quints. The real Dr. Dafoe blocked projected Hersholt films starring this character, so Hersholt created another doctor, Dr. Christian, whom he played in a popular radio series. ROCHELLE HUDSON (1914-1972), cast in girl-next-door roles in films of the 1930s, had later careers as a naval intelligence officer and a real estate agent. She played Natalie Wood's mother in Rebel without a Cause (1955). HELEN VINSON, well established on Broadway before she came to films, was the wife of tennis star Fred Perry. GEORGE... For more information contact HistoryForSale. DOCUMENT 275378.
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