ROSALIND RUSSELL - CONTRACT SIGNED 10/06/1945 - HFSID 344388
Price: $300.00
ROSALIND RUSSELL
The multiple Academy Award-nominated actress signs this contract to
work on the RKO Pictures film Sister Kenny
Contract signed: "Rosalind Russell" in blue ink. 1p, 8½x11.
Los Angeles, California, October 6, 1945. Contract confirming Russell to be the
leading character in the film Sister Kenny, directed by Dudley Nichols,
also starring Alexander Knox and Dean Jagger, and her costumes designed by
Travis Banton. Nominated for Best Actress Academy Awards for My Sister
Eileen (1942), Sister Kenny (1946), Mourning Becomes Electra
(1947) and Auntie Mame (1958), the beautiful and stylish Rosalind
Russell (1908-1976) shone in romantic comedies. She was frequently cast as
an efficient career girl who traded witticisms with her leading men, appearing
in such films as His Girl Friday (1940) and Take a Letter Darling
(1942). Known for her charity work, Russell received the Jean Hersholt
Humanitarian Award in 1972, a special Oscar. Lightly toned. Worn around
edges. Creased throughout. Tear in upper center of page, not affecting
signature. Ink note (unknown hand) on verso. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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