COLE PORTER - DOCUMENT SIGNED 06/10/1957 CO-SIGNED BY: SOL C. SIEGEL - HFSID 226546

COLE PORTER and SOL C. SIEGEL
The songwriter and producer sign a royalty agreement for the film Les Girls, and also stipulating the instances where songs not written by Porter may be used in the film.
Typed DS: "Cole Porter", 2 pages, separate sheets, 8½x11. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Loew Building, New York, 1957 June 10. A royalty agreement in letter form to Porter from Sol C. Siegel Productions, signed: "Sol C. Siegel", accepted and agreed to by Porter. Begins: "We are concurrently entering into an agreement with you dated June 10th, 1957, whereunder you have written and composed the words and music of the musical numbers in the feature motion picture photoplay presently entitled 'LES GIRLS' produced by us and to be distributed by Loew's Incorporated…we shall not interpolate in said motion picture any musical compositions not written by you, except that we shall have the right to use national or patriotic airs, excerpts from operas, musical compositions of an atmospheric nature, musical compositions in the public domain, and arrangements thereof…." Les Girls, starring Gene Kelly and Mitzi Gaynor, won the 1958 Academy Award for Best Costume Design and the 1958 Golden Globe for Best Picture. Composer and lyricist Cole Porter (1891-1964), who was born in Peru, Indiana, won two Tony Awards in 1949 (Best Composer & Lyricist and Best Musical) for Kiss Me, Kate, and he was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Song in 1936, 1941, 1943 and 1956. Among the songs penned by Porter, who was known for his urbane, witty lyrics and sinuous music are "You Do Something to Me", "What Is This Thing Called Love?", "Night and Day", "Anything Goes", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "You're the Top", "Begin the Beguine", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "I've Got You Under My Skin" and scores of other popular songs. He appeared (unaccredited) in his screen biography, Night and Day, in 1946, the year his musical, Around the World in Eighty Days, ran on Broadway (May-August). Porter wrote over 20 musicals, including Anything Goes (1934), Silk Stockings (1955) and High Society (1956). Other films SOL C. SIEGEL (1903-1982), producer of Les Girls, produced include: A Letter to Three Wives, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Three Coins in the Fountain and There's No Business Like Show Business. Staple and file holes at upper margins. Ink additions on front page (unknown hand). Slightly nicked edge signature page. Fine condition.