DAN DAILEY - DOCUMENT SIGNED 04/20/1949 CO-SIGNED BY: LEW SCHREIBER - HFSID 276166
Price: $420.00
DAN DAILEY
He signs acceptance of Twentieth Century-Fox's conditions for his loan-out to
the Lux Radio Theatre.
Documentary Letter signed: "Dan Dailey" [He has crossed out a typed
"JR."], 2 pages, 8½x11. Beverly Hills, California, 1949 April 20. Dailey
signs his acceptance of the terms of a letter from Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Corporation granting him permission to appear on the Lux Radio Theatre radio
program on April 25, 1949, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM, and in necessary rehearsals,
and to have his name and likeness used in advertising for the show. In exchange
for this release, the radio broadcast will state that Dailey appears courtesy of
20th Century-Fox, producers of Sand. Twentieth Century-Fox also gives
permission for the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency to record the program
for broadcast to American armed forces abroad. Actor and dancer Dan Dailey
(1917-1978) moved from vaudeville to Broadway (Babes in Arms, 1937) to
Hollywood. Recipient of a Best Actor Oscar nomination for When My Baby
Smiles at Me (1948), he also appeared in such films as Meet Me at the
Fair (1952), The Pride of St. Louis (as pitcher Dizzy Dean, 1952) and
It's Always Fair Weather (1955). Dailey was seen on television in such
series as The Governor and J.J. (1969). Originally a casting director on
films like Les Miserables (1935) and One in a Million
(1936), LEW SCHREIBER (1900-1961) eventually worked his way up to
studio manager of the Los Angeles Twentieth Century Fox, becoming the second
hand man of the motion picture company. He was often in charge of contacting the
superstars of the company to inform them of production details or company
standards. His death in 1961 was one in a long line of hardships Twentieth
Century Fox followed between 1961 and 1962; Another was the death of producer
Jerry Wald and the stroke of producer Darryl Zanuck. Fine
condition.
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