Film Contract Signed by Walter Pidgeon and Walter Wanger</i>

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An American actor, Pidgeon starred in <I>How Green Was My Valley</I> and <I>Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea</I>. <P> <B>WALTER WANGER</B> (1894-1968). Wanger was a film director who worked on <I>Stagecoach</I>, <I>The Coconuts</I> with the Marx Brothers, and <I>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</I>. <P> TDS. 10pg. 8 ‰ˆ" x 13". October 25, 1935. Los Angeles. A lengthy contract signed <I>"<B>Walter Pidgeon</B>"</I> and <I>"<B>Walter Wanger</B>"</I> at the conclusion. The legal document agreed that the <I>"Producer hereby employs Artist to render his exclusive services to Producer as an actor in the production of motion pictures or photoplays... Artist hereby accepts such employment and agrees to give his entire time and attention, and to devote his best talents, efforts and abilities exclusively to the service of Producer... "</I>. The <I>"Artist agreed to accept, salary at the rate of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per week for each and every week of the principal period." Additionally, "Producer shall have the exclusive right to use and display the name and likeness of the Artist for advertising purposes during the term of his employment... In the event the services of the Artist are required or performed elsewhere that within a radius of twenty-five (25) miles of the studio of Producer in the City of Los Angeles, California, Producer agrees to furnish Artist first-class transportation, including drawing room with reasonably available... "</I>. Also, if <I>"Producer should desire the services of Artist in making retakes, added scenes, process shots, transparencies, trick shots, trailers... then Artist agrees to return to Producer's studio and render such services... "</I>. The oversized contract is folded in half and there are the remnants on a paper clip rust stain on the first and last pages; the condition is fine

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