SIDNEY C. HOWARD - DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/08/1937 - HFSID 167801
Price: $675.00
SIDNEY HOWARD
The playwright signs this contract with The Theatre Guild, Inc. to produce his play The
Ghost of Yankee Doodle
Typed DS: "Sidney Howard" as Author on sixth page, 30p, 8¼x13½, separate sheets.
Headed: "DRAMATIC PRODUCTION CONTRACT". Contract between Howard and
The Theatre Guild, Inc., New York to produce his play, The Ghost of Yankee Doodle. The
contract lists conditions and financial arrangements. Also signed by the Manager and an
Assistant Secretary of The Theatre Guild, Inc. Howard was awarded the 1925 Pulitzer Prize
in Drama for They Knew What They Wanted, which was made into three film versions
(1928, 1930 and 1940) and the successful Broadway musical, The Most Happy Fella (1956).
He wrote his play, The Ghost of Yankee Doodle, in 1937. At the February 29, 1940, Oscar
ceremony, Howard was awarded the 1939 Academy Award for Best Screenplay for Gone
With the Wind. Howard, however, had been killed on his Stockbridge, Massachusetts farm
the previous August when he was accidentally run over by his tractor. He thus became the first
posthumous Oscar winner. Lightly creased. Paper strip and staples at upper margin. Paper
clip stain at upper blank margin of first page, staple and paper clip stains at lower margin of
first page as a result of the document being folded. Last sheet is lightly chipped at edges.
Overall, fine and interesting.
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