May 04, 2017 - Sale 2446

Sale 2446 - Lot 142

Price Realized: $ 422
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
HOWARD, LESLIE. Two items: Typed Document Signed, agreement for Romeo and Juliet * Autograph Letter Signed. The first, extending the term of his employment 3 1/2 weeks. Additionally signed by MGM Vice President Eddie Mannix, in green ink, and two others. 1 page, 4to, "Warner Bros." stationery; last few letters of Howard's signature written over printed Vitaphone trade mark, folds. The second, to "Dear Mrs. Paris," tentatively accepting an invitation. 2 pages, small 8vo, "Warwick" stationery, written on first and terminal pages of a folded sheet; faint scattered soiling. (MRS) Culver City, 2 April 1936; Philadelphia, 11 November 1930

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11 November 1930: ". . . I have had some throat trouble & am having difficulty in getting through a strenuous part & have had to cancel all parties etc & go to bed very early. I hope I will be sufficiently improved to be present on Saturday night, but I must leave it to the doctor & my own common sense to decide. . . ."