Purchase Contract, Signed (7 results)

4to. 1 p. on a single leaf. Contract between the Jesuits of Recanati (Marche) and a certain Angelo Capo d'Aglio over the sale of a "dark foal of three years' age". The illiterate buyer signed the contract with a cross, and two witnesses co-signed the document. - Some browning and tears. Minor flaws due to ink corrosion and a vertical pinch fold.

Sin Encuadernar. Condition: Muy bien. Two folders with the Assignment & Agreement Original Typed Document Signed by Garcia Velloso of Sale Contract to Fox Film Corporation to Purchase the Film Rights to the Vellosos film "La Cura de Reposo". Firmado por el autor.

Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner Ð the Agreement of Sale Contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios to purchase the rights to an untitled Faulkner short story set in a mythical Latin American Kingdom. Single sheet, signed on the verso by William Faulkner and dated by him Ò30 August, 1933Ó. With the blindstamp and signature of the Notary Public in Lafayette, Mississippi. Near fine with slightly torn punch holes at top and very faint paper clip mark. In the early 1930s MGM Studios offered Faulkner work as a screenwriter in Hollywood. As literary critic and noted authority on FaulknerÕs work Andre Bleikasten put it, he Òwas in dire need of money and had no idea how to get itÉSo he went to Hollywood.Ó He arrived in Culver City, California, in May 1932, experiencing a fair share of ambivalence for both the movie culture and the studio system. He did enjoy a personal and professional relationship with director Howard Hawks whose brother, William Hawks, became Faulkner's Hollywood agent.

Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner Ð the Agreement of Sale Contract to Twentieth Century-Fox to purchase the motion picture rights to the Faulkner short story ÒLizards in JamshydÕs CourtyardÓ which is part of his novel Ð ÒThe Hamlet.Ó In 1958 Twentieth Century-Fox produced the acclaimed motion picture version, ÒThe Long Hot Summer,Ó directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Tony Franciosa, Lee Remick, and Angela Lansbury.

Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner Ð Contract between William Faulkner and Ruth Ford, Zachary Scott, and Harvey Breit in which they purchase an option to produce a film adaptation of ÒLight in August.Ó After her years of bringing ÒRequiem For a NunÓ to the stage, actress Ruth Ford unsuccessfully attempted to mount a film production of ÒLight in AugustÓ to star her and her actor husband Zachary Scott.

Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner Ð the Agreement of Sale Contract to Twentieth Century-Fox to purchase the motion picture rights to the novel - ÒThe Hamlet.Ó In 1958 Twentieth Century-Fox produced the acclaimed motion picture version, ÒThe Long Hot Summer,Ó directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Tony Franciosa, Lee Remick, and Angela Lansbury.

Original Typed Document Signed by William Faulkner Ð the Agreement of Sale Contract to Twentieth Century-Fox to purchase the film rights to the Faulkner short stories ÒSpotted HorsesÓ and ÒThe HoundÓ which are parts of his novel Ð ÒThe Hamlet.Ó In 1958 Twentieth Century-Fox produced the acclaimed motion picture version, ÒThe Long Hot Summer,Ó directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Tony Franciosa, Lee Remick, and Angela Lansbury.