Published by New York, 1950
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ("Veronica Lake") in blue fountain pen ink, New York, New York, October 31, 1950. 11" x 8 1/2". Max Liebman Productions, Inc. 1 page with 2 1/2 page "Mandatory Standard Terms and Conditions" document. Also signed by Max Liebman. Very good (staple holes, minor signs of handling). Contract allows Lake to appear on "Celebrity Time" on October 29, 1950 and "Bert Parks Show" on November 1, 1950 and the unspecified show covered by this contract. Lake (1919-1973), born Constance Frances Marie Ockleman, November 14, 1919, Brooklyn, New York; died July 7, 1973, Burlington, Vermont; petite, sultry blonde with the low, husky voice and "peek-a-boo" hairstyle, zoomed to stardom in the early 1940s, was a top screen attraction and favorite pin-up girl during the WW II; virtually disappeared by decade's end; films include: "All Women Have Secrets" 1939; "Young as You Feel" 1940; "Forty Little Mothers" 1940; "I Wanted Wings" 1941; "Hold Back the Dawn" 1941; "Sullivan's Travels" 1941; "This Gun for Hire" 1942; "The Glass Key" 1942; "I Married a Witch" 1942; "So Proudly We Hail!" 1943; "Hold That Blonde" 1945; "The Blue Dahlia" 1946. Signed by Author(s).