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MICHAEL LANDON - DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/24/1980 - HFSID 288698

He accepts the terms of an agreement he will later refuse to honor, withdrawing as an Emmy presenter in support of a Screen Actors Guild boycott of the ceremony. Documentary Letter signed: "Michael Landon", 2 pages, 8½x11. Los Angeles, California, 1980 July 24.

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MICHAEL LANDON
He accepts the terms of an agreement he will later refuse to honor, withdrawing as an Emmy presenter in support of a Screen Actors Guild boycott of the ceremony.
Documentary Letter signed: "Michael Landon", 2 pages, 8½x11. Los Angeles, California, 1980 July 24. Landon signs his acceptance of an agreement between Lynn Productions, Inc., of Los Angeles, and NBC Entertainment, loaning Michael Landon to the network for the 32nd Annual Emmy Awards ceremony. In the event of a breach of contract, or the dissolution of Lynn Productions, NBC will not be required to pursue other remedies before going after Landon himself. For all practical purposes, he is to be considered an employee of NBC during this appearance. Actor, producer, director and writer Michael Landon (1936-1991) is the only actor to have three consecutive shows on television that ran for five years or more: Bonanza (1959-1973, on which he starred as Joseph "Little Joe" Cartwright), Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983, as Charles Philip "Pa" Ingalls) and Highway to Heaven (1984-1989, as Jonathan Smith). Charles Ingalls, Landon's character on Little House on the Prairie, was ranked #4 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (June 20, 2004 issue). In early 1991, after 35 years of working on NBC, Landon moved to CBS to star in the pilot of a two-hour movie, Us, in which he played a man released from a long prison term after being cleared of a murder for which he was wrongfully convicted. This was going to be another one of Landon's shows but, in April 1991, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 54 when he died on July 1, 1991. One of television's most creative stars on both sides of the camera, Landon was never nominated for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy Award. However, in 1994, he was inducted posthumously into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame. His daughter, Jennifer Landon (b. 1983), who appeared with her father in one episode of Highway to Heaven, won three consecutive Daytime Emmys for As the World Turns. Michael Landon, scheduled to be a presenter at the 32nd Emmy Awards, withdrew - along with co-hosts Lee Remick and Bob Newhart, and 51 of the 52 nominees, in support of the striking Screen Actors Guild, which had called for a boycott of the event. Only Powers Boothe, who won an Emmy for his portrayal of Reverend Jim Jones in the TV movie The Guyana Tragedy, accepted his award.Steve Allen and Dick Clark filled in as hosts. The strike began in July 1980, so NBC may have asked for this document as a precaution. If so, NBC apparently was bluffing. The network pursued no legal remedies against Landon, and the SAG (and AFTRA) won a large increase in minimum wages and a share of royalties from TV movies. Filing holes at top edge. Staple at top left corner. Lightly creased. Otherwise, fine condition.

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