Peck, Gregory. (1916–2003). Signed Photograph to Dorothy Spencer. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 inch doubleweight photograph from the dashing star to film editor Dorothy Spencer, "To Dorothy, with fond regards from a stable-mate, Greg." Mounting remnants and surface loss to verso, otherwise in good condition.
Dorothy Spencer’s career as a film editor spanned five decades in the industry. Beginning at the dawn of talking pictures, her work continued through the glory days of the Hollywood studio system to the widescreen extravagance of the 1950s and 1960s, working under such directors as John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Ernst Lubitsch, Henry Hathaway, Tay Garnett and Mark Robson. Though her early days are affiliated with independent producer Walter Wanger, she involved herself with 20th Century-Fox from the late 1940s until her retirement in 1979. Despite a distinguished and varied career, she was nominated for an Oscar only four times.
Dorothy Spencer’s career as a film editor spanned five decades in the industry. Beginning at the dawn of talking pictures, her work continued through the glory days of the Hollywood studio system to the widescreen extravagance of the 1950s and 1960s, working under such directors as John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Ernst Lubitsch, Henry Hathaway, Tay Garnett and Mark Robson. Though her early days are affiliated with independent producer Walter Wanger, she involved herself with 20th Century-Fox from the late 1940s until her retirement in 1979. Despite a distinguished and varied career, she was nominated for an Oscar only four times.
Peck, Gregory. (1916–2003). Signed Photograph to Dorothy Spencer. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 inch doubleweight photograph from the dashing star to film editor Dorothy Spencer, "To Dorothy, with fond regards from a stable-mate, Greg." Mounting remnants and surface loss to verso, otherwise in good condition.
Dorothy Spencer’s career as a film editor spanned five decades in the industry. Beginning at the dawn of talking pictures, her work continued through the glory days of the Hollywood studio system to the widescreen extravagance of the 1950s and 1960s, working under such directors as John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Ernst Lubitsch, Henry Hathaway, Tay Garnett and Mark Robson. Though her early days are affiliated with independent producer Walter Wanger, she involved herself with 20th Century-Fox from the late 1940s until her retirement in 1979. Despite a distinguished and varied career, she was nominated for an Oscar only four times.
Dorothy Spencer’s career as a film editor spanned five decades in the industry. Beginning at the dawn of talking pictures, her work continued through the glory days of the Hollywood studio system to the widescreen extravagance of the 1950s and 1960s, working under such directors as John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Ernst Lubitsch, Henry Hathaway, Tay Garnett and Mark Robson. Though her early days are affiliated with independent producer Walter Wanger, she involved herself with 20th Century-Fox from the late 1940s until her retirement in 1979. Despite a distinguished and varied career, she was nominated for an Oscar only four times.