Auction Date:2011 Dec 07 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
General (1886–1950) who helped develop the Air Force into a unified separate service. DS signed by both “H. H. Arnold” and “Louis B. Mayer,” one page, 8.5 x 10, February 23, 1933. An agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation regarding Army cooperation in the filming of the picture, ‘Turnabout’ on the terms that “Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cooperation will reimburse the U. S. Army for such supplies used in excess of what would normally be used for military training purposes,” that the cooperation will not “disseminate nor cause to be disseminated any publicity of War Department cooperation or participation in the making of the film,” and will “submit their entire film to the War Department representative at March Field for his recommendation as to the propriety of both pictorial subjects and captions,” accepting “agreements made to cover insurance; loss, damage or destruction of Government property; injury to civilians; loss, damage, or destruction of property other than that of the U. S. Government; and death or injury to military personnel.” In very good condition, with three horizontal mailing folds, a few small edge tears, an ink edit, and an irregularly trimmed top edge.
Today We Live, the 1933 movie based on William Faulkner’s short story, Turnabout, was filmed with the approval and assistance of the US military, with Arnold agreeing to assist Hollywood with the film’s impressive flying and actions scenes. The story, a World War I drama featuring Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, and Robert Young, depicts an American fighter pilot caught in a love triangle between a British Naval Officer and an English girl. Hired by Mayer, Faulker contributed dialogue to the film, making this book-to-screen adaptation the first he ever co-wrote. An excellent document, tying together three very different, exceptionally innovative men, each a pioneer in his arena of expertise.
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