Norma Shearer Extremely Rare Early Original Autographed Letter '42 Re Last Movie

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Here is an extremely rare early vintage original autographed letter from and autographed by actress Norma Shearer (1902-1983) ,from 1942, in which she references as her recently finished movie Her Cardboard Lover, which was her last movie before she retired; evidently, she wrote this before she made the decision. Comes with original photo which was mailed to fan at the same time.
Norma Shearer (1903-1983) won one Best Actress Academy Award for The Divorcee (1929-1930), and she was nominated for five more: Their Own Desire (1929-1930), A Free Soul (1930-1931), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Marie Antoinette (1938). She was married to MGM producer Irving Thalberg until his early death (1936). Shearer turned down the starring role in Mrs. Miniver, and, by some accounts, did the same for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. She retired from films after 1942. Minor paper loss right side (which looks like a minor stain, but isn't). Extremely rare.
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Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated ingénues. She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William Shakespeare, and was the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee, winning Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930).
Reviewing Shearer's work, Mick LaSalle called her "the exemplar of sophisticated 1930s womanhood ... exploring love and sex with an honesty that would be considered frank by modern standards". He described her as a feminist pioneer, "the first American film actress to make it chic and acceptable to be single and not a virgin on screen".
Filmography:
1942Her Cardboard Lover
Consuelo Croyden
1942We Were Dancing
Victoria Anastasia 'Vicki' Wilomirska
1940Escape
Countess von Treck
1939The Women
Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary
1939Idiot's Delight
Irene
1938Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
1936Romeo and Juliet
Juliet - Daughter to Capulet
1934The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Elizabeth Barrett
1934Riptide
Mary
1932Smilin' Through
Kathleen / Moonyeen Clare
1932Strange Interlude
Nina Leeds
1931The Christmas Party (Short)
Norma Shearer (uncredited)
1931Private Lives
Amanda Prynne
1931A Free Soul
Jan Ashe
1931Strangers May Kiss
Lisbeth
1931The Stolen Jools (Short)
Owner of Stolen Jewels
1930Let Us Be Gay
Kitty Brown
1930The Divorcee
Jerry
1929Their Own Desire
Lucia (Lally) Marlett
1929The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Fay Cheyney
1929The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Norma Shearer / Juliet
1929The Trial of Mary Dugan
Mary Elizabeth Dugan
1928A Lady of Chance
Dolly Morgan aka Angel Face
1928The Actress
Rose Trelawny
1928The Latest from Paris
Ann Dolan
1927The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Kathi
1927After Midnight
Mary Miller
1927The Demi-Bride
Criquette
1926Upstage
Dolly Haven
1926The Waning Sex
Nina Duane
1926The Devil's Circus
Mary
1925His Secretary
Ruth Lawrence
1925The Tower of Lies
Glory or Goldie
1925A Slave of Fashion
Katherine Emerson
1925Pretty Ladies
Frances White
1925/IIThe End of the World
1925Waking Up the Town
Mary Ellen Hope
1925Lady of the Night
Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
1925Excuse Me
Marjorie Newton
1924The Snob
Nancy Claxton
1924HE Who Gets Slapped
Consuelo
1924Married Flirts
Norma Shearer (uncredited)
1924Empty Hands
Claire Endicott
1924Broken Barriers
Grace Durland
1924Broadway After Dark
Rose Dulane
1924Blue Water
Lillian Denton
1924The Trail of the Law
Jerry Vardon
1923The Wolf Man
Elizabeth Gordon
1923Lucretia Lombard
Mimi Winship (as Norma Sherer)
1923The Wanters
Marjorie
1923Pleasure Mad
Elinor Benton
1923The Devil's Partner
Jeanne
1923Man and Wife
Dora Perkins
1923A Clouded Name
Marjorie Dare
1922The Bootleggers
Helen Barnes
1922Channing of the Northwest
Jess Driscoll
1922The Taming of the Shrewd (Short)
Rose Del Mar
1922The Man Who Paid
Jeanne Thornton
1922The Leather Pushers
Rose Del Mar (Round Five, First Series)
1920The Stealers
Julie Martin
1920Torchy's Millions (Short) (uncredited)
1920The Restless Sex
Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
1920Way Down East
Barn Dancer (uncredited)
1920The Flapper
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
1919The Star Boarder (Short)
Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)