JACK CARSON - CONTRACT MULTI-SIGNED 03/25/1940 - HFSID 153800

JACK CARSON
Actor Jack Carson signed this employment contract in 1940 with RKO Radio Pictures twice and initialed it four times.
Contract signed "Jack Carson" twice and initialed "JS" four times on contract and riders, all in bron ink. Also signed and initialed by a Vice President of RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. in blue ink. 4 pages with, 8½x14, 1 sheet folded, front and verso, with 3 riders stapled at right edge. April 15, 1940. This is an employment contract that Jack Carson signed with RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. It's a 1-year salary with options to extend it as long as 7 years. RKO Radio Pictures agreed to pay him a minimum weekly salary of $250 the first year, increasing to $2,500 the seventh. Carson appeared in a total of 12 movies in 1940. However, only one was an RKO Radio movie: Lucky Partners, in which he had a starring role. Canadian-born actor and comedian Carson (1910-1963) got his first movie contract with RKO, where he spent an uncomfortable few years essaying bits in "A" pictures and supporting parts in "B" films. His fortunes improved when he moved to Warner Bros. in 1941, and Carson proved himself to be an able dramatic actor in films such as The Hard Way (1943) and Mildred Pierce (1945). Continuing to alternate comic and dramatic (sometimes villainous) roles throughout the 1950s, Carson starred in his own Jack Benny-style radio series, appeared successfully as a stand-up comedian in Las Vegas and was one of four rotating hosts on the 1950 TV variety series, All-Star Revue. Lightly toned and creased. Light tears at bottom edge. Staple holes at top edge, which touch one of Carson's signatures. Riders come folded inside contract. Otherwise in fine condition.