DOROTHY McGUIRE - CONTRACT SIGNED 04/04/1951 - HFSID 296219

DOROTHY McGUIRE
Contract with MGM for her appearance in the film Calloway Went Thataway
Contract signed: "Dorothy McGuire", 2 pages (front and verso), 8½x11. Culver City, California, 1951 April 4. On letterhead of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. McGuire signs acceptance of a documentary letter committing her to play the role of "Deborah Patterson" in a film titled Calloway Went Thataway, with production commencing April 23, 1951. McGuire is promised star billing, and is not to accept any conflicting obligations. Dorothy McGuire (1916-2001, born in Omaha, Nebraska) had over 50 TV shows and movies to her credit between 1943 and 1990. McGuire made her stage debut in Omaha in A Kiss for Cinderella at age 13, opposite fellow Omaha native Henry Fonda, before heading to Broadway in 1938. On Broadway, she started as an understudy and eventual replacement in the role of Emily Webb in Our Town, the first of eight Broadway performances. Her most successful Broadway performance was Claudia, a comedy that ran 722 performances between 1941 and 1943 and which launched her movie career. McGuire's first role was in the stage adaptation of Claudia. McGuire's roles fluctuated between comedies (Three Coins in the Fountain, 1954), character parts (Friendly Persuasion, 1956) and drama (Gentleman's Agreement, 1947, for which she received an Oscar nomination). Notable roles include Katie Nolan, the beleaguered wife in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) and the Virgin Mary (at age 46!) in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). Her TV performances included Rich Man Poor Man (1976) and Little Women (1979). The movie for which she contracts here would be released later in 1951 with a slight change in the spelling of the title: Callaway Went Thataway. McGuire co-starred with Fred MacMurray in the comedy film. Filing holes at top edge. Staple holes at top edge. Otherwise, fine condition.