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Dashell Hammett - Signed MGM Contract

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Dashell Hammett - Signed MGM Contract
<Our item number 105144><B>Hammett, Dashell.</B> Document Signed, 3pp, 11x8½&#34;, Culver City, California, 19 June 1935. Also signed for MGM by Eddie Mannix. The contract engages Hammett to serve as an assistant to <I>Thin Man</I> director Hunt Stromberg, including serving as &#34;<I>a general editorial aide and/or as an assistant and/or advisor not only in connection with the preparation of stories and/or continuities, but as well in connection with the actual production of photoplays…and generally to render your services as a motion picture executive</I>….&#34; Hammett was to be paid &#36;1,000 per week, except during periods when he alone would be required &#34;<I>to write the complete continuity including dialogue for any photoplay</I>,&#34; at which time he would receive &#36;1750 per week. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;2,500-3,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 105144<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN=CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/38jpegs/105144.jpg"> </P></IMAGES> "