September 26, 2018 O'Connor's Americana Collection
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2018
In 1940, MGM Studios released the wildly popular motion picture "Northwest Passage". The movie featured the exploits of Roger's Rangers, with Spencer Tracy, playing the part of Lieutenant Colonel Roberts, and also starring Robert Young, Walter Brennan and Ruth Hussey. Rogers' Rangers was initially a provincial company from the colony of New Hampshire, attached to the British Army during the French and Indian War. The shirt and pants have the MGM sewn-in tag and are made of a heavy green felt with fringe. Lot includes two hats, a possibles bag, and a shawl; none of which are marked MGM. These were apparently sold at the MGM auction in 1970 as Spencer Tracy's but his name is not written inside, so we can only attribute as all of the soldiers wore the same style outfits. Also comes with an album of movie studio stills showing them wearing these uniforms.