JAMES "JIMMY" STEWART - CONTRACT SIGNED 12/19/1952 - HFSID 175794
Price: $600.00
JAMES STEWART
Stewart signed this contract to appear as Frank Martin in 1953's Thunder
Bay. He received 50 percent of the net profits from this movie - not a bad
paycheck for three month's work.
Carbon copy contract signed "James Stewart" in blue inkand two
representatives of Universal Pictures Company, Inc. 26 pages with 14 pages of
riders, 8¼x13, separate pages, bound with staples. Aug. 29, 1952.
Addressed to Mr. James Stewart c/o Universal Pictures Company, Inc.,
Universal City, California. Stewart signed this contract to appear as Frank
Martin in 1953's Thunder Bay, which was produced by Universal Pictures
Company, Inc. He was to be employed by Universal Pictures for 12 weeks,
beginning on Sept. 15, 1952, for which he received 50 percent of the net
profits. If it wasn't released, Stewart was to receive $200,000. Stewart
(1908-1997, born in Indiana, Pennsylvania) starred in more recognized
masterpieces of the American cinema than any other actor. In 1940, he won
the Best Actor Academy Award for The Philadelphia Story,and he was nominated for Oscars in the same category for Mr. Smith
Goes to Washington (1939), It's A Wonderful Life (1946),
Harvey (1950) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959). Stewart, who was
awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1984, also appeared in You Can't
Take It With You (1938), Destry Rides Again (1939), The Greatest
Show on Earth (1952), Rear Window (1954), The Spirit of St.
Louis (1957), Vertigo (1958) and a long list of other features.
Lightly toned, soiled creased and rippled. Lightly toned along edges. Staple
holes in upper edge. Four file holes at top edge. Two pages have separated from
staples. Otherwise in fine condition.
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