“Sweetheart of the AEF” Elsie Janis Hand Written Letter Dated 1936. This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. (March 16, 1889 February 26, 1956) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as. The sweetheart of the AEF. Born Elsie Bierbower (or Beerbower) in Marion, Ohio, she first took to the stage at age 2. By age 11, she was a headliner on the. Circuit, performing under the name Little Elsie. As she matured, using the. Elsie Janis, she began perfecting her comedic skills. Acclaimed by American and British critics, Janis was a headliner on Broadway and London. On Broadway, she starred in a number of successful shows, including The Vanderbilt Cup (1906), The Hoyden (1907), The Slim Princess (1911), and The Century Girl (1916). Elsie performed at the grand opening of the Brown Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky on October 5, 1925. Janis also enjoyed a career as a Hollywood screenwriter, actor, and composer. She was credited with the original story for. (1929) and as composer and production manager for. Wrote the song “Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere” for. For her talkie debut film. Janis’s song “Oh, Give Me Time for Tenderness” was featured in the. (1939), also directed by Goulding. In 1934, Janis became the first female announcer on the NBC radio network. Janis was a tireless advocate for British and American soldiers fighting in World War I. She raised funds for. Janis also took her act on the road, entertaining troops stationed near the front lines one of the first popular American artists to do so in a war fought on foreign soil. Ten days after the armistice, she recorded for. Several numbers from her revue Hullo, America , including “Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl”. She wrote about her wartime experiences in The Big Show: My Six Months with the American Expeditionary Forces (published in 1919), and recreated these in Behind the Lines , a 1926 Vitaphone musical short. A new musical about this period of her life called Elsie Janis and the Boys , written by Carol J. Crittenden and composer John T. Prestianni, premiered under the direction of Charles A. Wallace as part of the Rotunda Theatre Series in the Wortley-Peabody Theater in Dallas, Texas on August 15, 2014. Janis maintained her private home ElJan on the east side of High Street in Columbus, Ohio. The home was across the street from what was. The precursor to Ohio Stadium. In 1932, Janis married Gilbert Wilson, who was 16 years her junior, which caused some scandal. There is some evidence it might have been a. The couple lived in the Phillipse Manor section of. Sleepy Hollow, New York. Formerly named North Tarrytown, until Janis moved to the Los Angeles area of California where she lived until her death. Her final film was the 1940. Elsie Janis died in 1956 at her home in Beverly Hills, California, aged 66, and was interred in the. Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Elsie Janis has a star on the. Hollywood Walk of Fame. At 6776 Hollywood Blvd. The item “RARE! Sweetheart of the AEF Elsie Janis Hand Written Letter Todd Mueller COA” is in sale since Tuesday, September 10, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Autographs\Other Collectible Autographs”. The seller is “historicsellsmemorabilia” and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Viet nam, Uruguay, Russian federation, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Turks and caicos islands, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Nicaragua, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, South africa, Colombia, Antigua and barbuda, Saint lucia, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman islands, Maldives, Oman, Reunion, Sri lanka, Montserrat.