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
DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, February 15, 1933. An RKO Studios Inc. agreement for Hepburn’s “portrayal of a role in a motion picture which we are about to produce,” with a vertical green ink notation, “to be based upon an adaptation of a play entitled ‘Morning Glory,’” for which the actress will receive “full compensation for the services rendered by you…the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) per week,” signed at the conclusion by Hepburn and the president of RKO Inc; Hepburn also initialed “K. H.” in five different locations throughout the contract. In very good condition, with scattered surface creasing, light toning, various ink notations, and staple marks along the top edge.
After debuting in the 1932 drama, A Bill of Divorcement, Hepburn landed the role as Eva Lovelace in the 1933 film, Morning Glory, a role that would deliver an Academy Award to the fledgling actress, and this contract was the first official long-term contract that she ever signed. A spectacular document from the actress heralded as the greatest female star in the history of American cinema.
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