Auction Date:2011 May 11 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : 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
DS, 12 pages, 8.5 x 11, September 21, 1951. Agreement between 20th Century Fox and Bogart for his role in the film Deadline at Dawn. In part: “This letter, when accepted by you, will confirm our mutual understanding and agreement relative to our employing you and your entering our employ to render your services for us as an actor in connection with the portrayal of the role of ‘Hutcheson’ in the production of our motion picture now tentatively entitled ‘Deadline U.S.A.…as your guaranteed compensation hereunder, we shall pay you the total sum of…($175,000.00),” paid out in equal installments over a ten-week period. The studio will also provide hlodging and travel expenses “first class if available.” The studio also retains the right to terminate Bogart’s contract should he “suffer any facial, or other physical injury or impairment, deformity, or disfigurement, materially detracting from your appearance or ability to perform…” Signed on the final page in fountain pen by Bogart. The signed page is matted with a photo of Bogart from the film, to an overall size of 23 x 17. The remaining pages are loose and come in their original studio folder. In fine condition, with scattered light creases, and staple holes to top left corners of each page.
To get a feel of what it was like to work for a real newspaper, Bogart hung out at the city room of the New York Daily News to prepare for role as Ed Hutcheson in Deadline USA. Perhaps it was that dedication to ‘getting the story straight’ that elicited such high praise from real life members of the Fourth Estate, who rated it as the best newspaper film of all time. That...or dialogue such as that uttered by Bogie when threatened by a mobster for writing a damning story: ‘That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it!’ In addition to being a journalistic dream come true, the motion picture also features James Dean in a small, non-speaking role as a press boy.
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