RICHARD FLEISCHER - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/16/1966 - HFSID 147576

RICHARD FLEISCHER. Typed DS: "Richard Fleischer", 1p, 8½x11. No place, 1966 December 16. Directors Guild of America, Inc. form for computing membership dues. Fleischer has listed both his gross earnings for 1966 and his estimated earnings for 1967 to be "Maximum". Membership dues were computed at one percent of gross annually, with maximum dues being $1,000 annually. Fleischer, who was twice nominated as Best Director by the Directors Guild of America, Inc. (The Vikings, 1958; Compulsion, 1959), directed Fantastic Voyage in 1966 and Think Twentieth and Dr. Doolittle in 1967. The son of animator Max Fleischer (Popeye, Betty Boop), Richard Fleischer (1916-2006), who won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Design for Death (1947), later directed such films as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955), Fantastic Voyage (1966), Dr. Dolittle (1967), The Boston Strangler (1968), Che! (1969), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), The New Centurions (1972), Soylent Green (1973), Mr. Majestyk (1974), Mandingo (1975), Ashanti (1979), The Jazz Singer (1980), Amityville 3-D (1983) and Conan the Destroyer (1984). Fleischer, who was the licensee of his dad's cartoon creation, Betty Boop, published his autobiography, Just Tell Me When to Cry, in 1994. Lightly creased with folds, not at signature. Receipt stamps and ink initials (unknown hands) at lower portion. Nicked at upper left blank edge. Fine condition.