Twenty-two contracts and similar documents, various lengths and formats, 1940s–1950s, each signed by a different celebrity. Represented: Count Basie, Charles Boyer, Karl Malden (regarding a “dispute … in connection with the commencement … of my services in the motion picture entitled ‘The Golden Warrior’ and sometimes known as ‘The Waterfront Story,’” i.e., On the Waterfront, for which he won an Oscar), Joan Davis, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Durante (last page only), Eddie Cantor (two), George Burns (two, one with Meredith Willson), Robert Walker, Maurice Chevalier, Melvyn Douglas, Cameron Mitchell (last page only), Adolphe Menjou, the McGuire Sisters, Laraine Day & Leo Durocher, Dick Powell, Fanny Brice (two), and Edward Everett Horton. In very good to fine condition, with scattered document wear, chips, edge tears, and mild toning and soiling. R&R COA.
