Since this is make with the topics day, and and since I didn't want to post anything non-Hitchcockian on Hitchcock day, here's another autograph scan. It's one of my favorites, being a rather unusual object to have signed: a bootleg album found in a small store on Hollywood Blvd. in 1972 or 1973.
I went to see SINBAD and JASON at the Walter Reade several years ago when Harryhausen was there to promote the large retrospective book of his works. People had taken various other things for him to sign, but nothing very unusual, so this got plenty of attention from other folks in line. Harryhausen didn't show any particular reaction to it himself, but it was interesting to hear that his people shortly thereafter were asking that no more "outside materials" be taken up for signing. (They did want to sell books, after all.)
The big lovely surprise of the evening was Kathryn Grant Crosby having come to enjoy the film as well, and she received lots of love and attention. She was extremely gracious and willing to chat, and seemed very pleased when I asked if she'd sign this.
It was an all around great evening, with gorgeous 35mm prints of the films, a satisfyingly generous Q&A and demo session by Harryhausen who had a couple of the skeletons, etc., with him, and above all, my bringing home a prize which now happily resides in a $2.99 LP album frame.
