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Louis Armstrong Signed Movie Contract

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Louis Armstrong Signed Movie Contract
<B>Louis Armstrong Signed Movie Contract.</B></I> A single-page, double-sided Screen Actors Guild freelance contract dated June 2, 1947, engaging Satchmo to appear as himself in the musical comedy <I>That's Life</B></I> (released in 1948 as <I>A Song is Born</B></I>) for a sum of $2,500 per week for three weeks. The document is signed on the back by Armstrong in blue ink, and initialed twice by him on the attached rider. By the way, his original nickname was "Satchelmouth" -- a London music magazine mistakenly wrote "Satchmo" in 1932 and it stuck. In Fine condition with mild general wear and tear, fold creases, mild fading, staples along the right edge, and the usual binder and staple holes along the top edge.<I>Accompanied by LOA from PSA/DNA.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)