JEFFREY LYNN - CONTRACT SIGNED 03/26/1952 - HFSID 178229

JEFFREY LYNN
A contract for the actor to appear in the film Mot Minister's Housekeeper
Contract signed: "Jeffrey Lynn", 1p, 8½x14. No place, 1952 March 26. Headed: "Television Artists' Employment Agreement". Contract between Parsonnet Telepictures and Lynn for him to appear as Parsons Carryl in Mot Minister's Housekeeper for $500.00 per engagement. Also signed by a producer for Parsonnet. We were unable to find any information on this program, which is not listed under Lynn's credits in either the All Movie Guide or the Internet Movie Data Base, so it very likely was not produced and/or aired. Jeffrey Lynn (1906-1995) appeared in a number of feature films, including The Fighting 69th (1940), All This and Heaven Too (1940) and Million Dollar Baby (1941), but perhaps his "biggest" assignment was "starring" as Ashley Wilkes in the screen tests for David O. Selznick's 1939 epic, Gone With The Wind. Lynn, who read lines for such aspiring Scarlett O'Haras as Paulette Goddard and Frances Dee, left Hollywood two years later to become an Army intelligence officer in WWII (he was awarded a Bronze Star). Beginning in 1948, Lynn attempted to resume his screen career, appearing in such films as Butterfield 8 (1960) and Tony Rome (1967). He found greater success, however, as a stage and television actor, starring in two series, My Son Jeep (1953) and Star Stage (1955), and appearing on the soaps The Secret Storm (1966-1967) and The Edge of Night (1971). Lightly creased and soiled. Folds, ½-inch separation at blank right margin at mid-horizontal fold. Vertical stain at blank right edge, ink note (unknown hand) at lower left margin. 2 file holes at upper blank edge, upper left corner torn off. Otherwise, fine condition.