DS, four pages, 8.5 x 10, June 16, 1932. Contract between Harold Hecht and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in which the latter employ and engage the services of Hecht "solely and exclusively…in staging and directing dances in connection with our photoplay entitled 'Good Time Girl'" for a period of three weeks and a sum of $1,000. Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Irving Thalberg as MGM vice president, and countersigned in black ink by Hecht. In very good to fine condition, with irregularly trimmed top edges, and a paperclip impression to the edge of the signed page.
Hecht was a Hollywood film producer, dance director, and talent agent, who early in his career was a contract choreographer at Paramount; in June and July 1932, he was loaned to MGM to serve as a dance director for the Marion Davies film Blondie of the Follies, which was originally entitled Good Time Girl. As a producer, Hecht would win a Best Picture Oscar for the 1955 romantic drama Marty.
From the personal collection of a lifelong collector, teacher, and traveler with a passion for world history. His collecting years ranged from the 1970s to the present day, meaning that several of the premier pieces have not been on the market in decades.
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