FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW - CONTRACT SIGNED 02/28/1956 - HFSID 153796

FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW
Freddie Bartholomew signs a contract granting permission to King Brothers Productions, Inc. to use his name and likeness in a limited manner for the promotion of Michael Ray in "The Brave One".
Typed Contract signed: "Freddie Bartholomew", 3p, separate sheets, 8½x12. Hollywood, California, 1956 February 28. Contract in letter form to King Brother Productions, Inc. Spelling out how his name and likeness will be used to promote Michael Ray in "The Brave One". Actor Freddie Bartholomew (1924-1992), was one of the most popular child actors in the history of film. Bartholomew, who made his film debut in Toyland in 1930, made become a star when he appeared as "David Copperfield as a child" in the 1935 film, The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield, the Younger (popularly known simply as David Copperfield). Bartholomew would go on to appear in such films as Anna Karenina (1935), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), Captains Courageous (1937), Kidnapped (1938) and Swiss Family Robinson (1940). When his salary soared to $2,500 a week, Bartholomew as second only to Shirley Temple as the highest-paid child actor. Last seen in the 1951 film, St. Benny the Dip, Bartholomew also made three appearances on television (1949-1950). He was also known for the 1937 court case in which his parents and his aunt, who had raised him, battled for his custody. That and other legal actions took the major portion of the salaries Bartholomew had earned, and, after a stint in the Air Force during WWII, he went to work for an advertising agency. Lightly creased and soiled at blank margins and corners. Name written (unknown hand) at upper right. Lightly creased. Folds. File and staple holes in upper blank margins. Overall, fine condition.