JACQUES DUBY - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 40353

JACQUES DUBY
The French stage, screen and television star thanks director Ken Annakin and Paramount Pictures for giving him alphabetical billing in the 1969 film, Monte Carlo or Bust.
ANS: "Jacques Duby", 1p, 8¼x10½. No place, no date. Written at lower margin of a photocopied typed memo from Basil Keys to Simon Benzakein regarding Duby. In full: "Thank you Ken and thank you Paramount Pictures Corporation". Memo sheet is headed: "'The Monte Carlo Rally'". The memo, which is dated September 23 and date stamped 27 Sep. 1968, reads: "Ken agrees with your suggestion that we should give Jacques Duby alphabetical billing with the other artists for the French exhibition of the film. Unless you have a better suggestion, I shall write to Maude and Cyril Howard and ask them to issue an addendum to his contract, altering his billing clause in this respect. Duby's voice is very clear in English and it is our intention to use his voice on the English version." A copy of the memo was sent to Ken Annakin. Accompanied by portion of a mailing envelope, metered French postage affixed, postmarked Paris, October 6 1984. Address in unknown hand to Todd M. Axelrod, Executive Director, The American Museum of Historical Documents, Las Vegas, Nevada". Duby played a "Motorcycle Gendarme" in the 1969 film, Monte Carlo or Bust, which was released in France as Montecarlo Rally. The film, which was also known as Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies, was written, directed and produced by Academy Award-nominated British director KEN ANNAKIN (born in 1914). BASIL KEYS was an Associate Producer of the film. SIMON BENZAKEIN, a production executive, had appeared in Lost Command in 1966, three years before this film was released. In 1984, the year that the mailing envelope was postmarked, Duby guest starred on an episode of the French TV series, Les Cinq Dernières Minutes. French stage, screen and television star Jacques Duby (born in 1922) began his career on the stage, appearing in a number of plays before he made his film debut in 1952 (Trois Femmes). In a career that spanned over five decades, Duby appeared on the big screen in several French and English-language films, but he was primarily known for his stage and television roles (Duby appeared in over forty made-for-TV movies and series). Many of his fans feel that Duby could have been one of France's greatest film stars, but Duby preferred the stage over the screen. He was last seen on the big screen in the 2003 French film, Je Reste! Lightly creased with folds, not at Duby's writing or signature. Photocopied "OK" (unknown hand) beneath last line of type. Light transference of type, not at writing. Staple holes at upper left corner. Usual black marks from photocopying. Overall, fine condition.