Cat. #0016101122: FRITZ LANG

Extremely rare vintage signature in thick pencil on a portion of a light green autograph album page, acquired in-person at Hollywood's Vendome Cafe around the time he filmed Fury in 1937, and affixed to a roughly 4x6-inch tan scrapbook leaf. In good condition for its age and nice for matting with a favorite photograph. Legendary Austrian-born director and screenwriter Fritz Lang played key roles in the shaping of two national cinemas:  The German during the late silent and early talkie periods, and the American during its Golden Age. His incredible body of work includes Der müde Tod [Destiny] (1921), the first film in his lifelong exploration of man's battle against fate; Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler [Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler] (1922), one of three pictures he made about the master criminal; Metropolis (1926), a striking vision of the dystopian city of the future; M (1931), a haunting glimpse into the mind of a murderer; and You Only Live Once (1937), a sort of Bonnie and Clyde story. While L