WALTER PIDGEON - DOCUMENT SIGNED 11/11/1948 CO-SIGNED BY: ARMINA MARSHALL - HFSID 269055

WALTER PIDGEON and ARMINA MARSHALL
He signs agreement to appear in a 1948 radio play, Lovers and Friends. Producer Marshall also signs on behalf of the Theatre Guild.
Document signed: "Walter Pidgeon" and "Armina Marshall", 2 pages, 8½x10¾, front and verso. New York, N.Y., 1948 November 11. Letter of agreement wherein Pidgeon agrees to appear in the radio version of the play, Lovers and Friends, to be broadcast December 5, 1948. Pidgeon is to be paid $2,500 dollars for his co-starring role and has the option to cancel no later than November 20 if recalled for work under his contract with MGM. Marshall signs on behalf of The Theatre Guild, Inc. Canadian actor WALTER PIDGEON (1898-1984), who had his first leading roles in silent films, earned Best Actor Academy Award nominations for Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Madame Curie (1943). He had prominent roles in many other successful films, including The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Forbidden Planet (1956), Advise and Consent (1962) and Funny Girl (1968). He received a Tony nomination as Best Actor in a Musical for Take Me Along (1960). ARMINA MARSHALL, who first appeared on the Broadway stage in 1924, became a prominent playwright and producer. The Theatre Guild, which she and husband Lawrence Langer founded in 1919, still flourishes, having produced 228 Broadway plays as of 2002. Marshall and Langer received a Tony Award for the stage version of Sunrise at Campobello in 1958 and a special Tony (1961) for organizing the first repertory group to tour the world for the U.S. State Department (at the behest of President John F. Kennedy). Lightly creased at corners. Staple holes at upper left. Fine condition.