Author: Abdullah, Achmed. (1881-1945). American author and screenwriter, most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure.
Title: Typed Letter Signed by American Author and Screenwriter Achmed Abdullah.
Description: New York: circa [1930]. [1930]. New York: circa [1930]. [1930]. Good. - 41 words typed on an approximately 10 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet of his personalized letterhead. Signed "A Abdullah". Folded 3 times for mailing. There are several short tears at the folds with some light red staining below the text. There is some light soiling at bottom right and there is a crease & tear to & a small piece out of the bottom right corner. Good.

Abdullah writes to future congressman Seymour Halpern that he is too busy to see anyone but "I am sending, by this mail, the signed picture to your friend."

Achmed Abdullah, who claimed descent from the Russian imperial family and was educated in England, emigrated to the United States in the 1910s. He went on to become an American author and screenwriter, most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films and earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay for the 1935 film "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer".

The Queens, New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law, including measures on schools, housing, civil rights, nutrition and mental health. A Liberal, he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City, and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits, including painting and collecting autographs, he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these, he was proudest of his co- sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY AMERICAN AUTHOR AND SCREENWRITER ACHMED ABDULLAH; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; PULP FICTION; CRIME; MYSTERY; ADVENTURE; SCREENPLAYS; ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION; SEYMOUR HALPERN.

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