DUSTY FLETCHER (ca. 1948) Oversized portrait
$450.00
Vintage original 14 x 11″ (36 x 28 cm) black-and-white print still photo, USA. A few marginal tears and some diagonal creasing, near very good.
Dusty Fletcher (1900-1954) was an African American film, stage and frequent vaudeville performer. He became famous for a routine called “Open the Door, Richard”, which portrayed a drunk trying to make his way home. That routine included a song of the same name, which he recorded in 1947 and became a novelty sensation. His films include such classics as Rufus Jones for President (1933) with a pint-sized six-year-old Sammy Davis Jr, King for a Day (1934) with Bill Robinson, and Hi De Ho (1947) with Cab Calloway.
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