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Post by marianne48 on Jan 26, 2023 17:14:47 GMT
Hundreds of Marlon Brando fans in the 1950s were probably thrilled to show their friends the autograph they received signed "Best Wishes, Marlon Brando." There was one problem with these autographs, though. What was it?
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jan 26, 2023 17:35:54 GMT
his name was misspelled
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jan 26, 2023 17:39:39 GMT
They were actually fake ... this was determined because the signature was legible
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jan 26, 2023 17:53:01 GMT
Hundreds of his genuine autographs would not have been available because ....
he rarely signed autographs his checks became sought after collector's items.
His checks were often never cashed because the autograph was more valuable for resale than the amount of the check
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Post by Isapop on Jan 26, 2023 17:56:35 GMT
Fans mistook some bum in the street (I think his name was Paul or something) for Marlon, and the guy wrote them the phony autograph. When anyone asked him why he did it, he said "It makes me feel like a new man."
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Post by marianne48 on Jan 26, 2023 18:04:09 GMT
Fans mistook some bum in the street (I think his name was Paul or something) for Marlon, and the guy wrote them the phony autograph. When anyone asked him why he did it, he said "It makes me feel like a new man." Correct! And that bum was better-looking than Brando on any day (a better actor, too) so it's hard to believe they could have made such a mistake. |
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Post by teleadm on Jan 26, 2023 18:07:25 GMT
It was Paul Newman who signed them.
I came a bit late there.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jan 26, 2023 18:13:54 GMT
It was Paul Newman who signed them. Legend is that .... once he became famous, Newman refused to sign his own autographs theoretically because he had been asked for them while using the facilities in the men's room ... |
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Post by marianne48 on Jan 26, 2023 18:25:36 GMT
Happy Birthday, Paul Newman!
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jan 26, 2023 18:34:01 GMT
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jan 26, 2023 18:35:49 GMT
1956 ... the image is labeled "The epitome of cool"  |
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jan 26, 2023 18:39:30 GMT
The two yoots in this thread as they looked in the 1950s  |
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 26, 2023 18:45:43 GMT
What's a 'yoot' ?
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jan 26, 2023 18:50:17 GMT
Another pronunciation of "ute"  |
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 26, 2023 19:29:35 GMT
Oh -- THAT 'yoot' (ahh, make that 'ute')
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jan 26, 2023 21:18:01 GMT
he rarely signed autographs his checks became sought after collector's items. His checks were often never cashed because the autograph was more valuable for resale than the amount of the check Marc Chagall supposedly employed this same tactic, paying for even his smallest purchases by check. |
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