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Alfred Hitchcock
Another film-related item is an important archive of signed documents from the files of Alfred Hitchcock’s agent, Herman Citron, with 9 letters and 6 documents signed by Hitchcock, including: 7 Typed Letters Signed relating to the films, I Confess, Mischief, Rear Window, The Trouble with Harry and The Man Who Knew Too Much. c.1930 – 1970 plus original and retained letters, notes and agreements regarding film direction services, television and record company contracts, publishing and serial rights, and securing film rights including those for The Lodger, Mischief, Strangers On a Train, plus initial interest over Ice Station Zebra (which Hitchcock did not direct). (£17,500/ Adrian Harrington Rare Books)
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Important archive of signed documents from the files of his agent, Herman Citron, with 9 letters and 6 documents signed by Hitchcock, including: 7 T.Ls.s. relating to the films, I Confess, Mischief, Rear Window, The Trouble with Harry and The Man Who Knew
[MOVIES/HOLLYWOOD] HITCHCOCK, Alfred. (Film director, 1890-1980).
Price: 17500.00 GBP
Various sizes, various dates, 1930s-1970s., c.220pp., in card folder. Mostly fine. The archive contains original and retained letters, notes and agreements regarding film direction services, television and record company contracts, publishing and serial rights, and securing film rights including those for The Lodger, Mischief, Strangers On a Train, plus initial interest over Ice Station Zebra (which Hitchcock did not direct). There are also documents with two signatures and six initialled signatures of Patricia Hitchcock - the director's only child - an actress and producer who appeared in his films Stage Fright (1950), Strangers on a Train (1951), Psycho (1960). As expected there is much correspondence with the major Hollywood studios including letters signed by executives of Twentieth Century Fox, MGM, Warner Bros., Universal City Studios, Selznick International Pictures, and Myron Selznick (signed by their managing director). The premium material comprises; Original contract (1938) between Mayflower Pictures and Hitchcock Baker for Jamaica Inn (released 1939) signed and wax sealed by Mayflower. Pp19, plus associated correspondence. Hitchcock's retained copy agreement with Selznick International Pictures, hiring his services for one motion picture (Rebecca, released 1940). Pp.18, Signed by film mogul Daniel O'Shea for David O'Selznick, Culver City, 1938. Hitchcock's retained copy agreement with author Marie Belloc Lowndes securing film rights to her novel 'The Lodger', a psychological thriller based on the story of Jack The Ripper, filmed in 1944 with Merle Oberon. 2pp., 1940. Hitchcock: TLS to MCA (1949) re directing 'Nos deux Consciences' (I Confess, 1953) Hitchcock: original contract (1950) to secure film rights for the novel 'Mischief' by mystery writer Charlotte Armstrong. SIGNED by director and author. Hitchcock and Highsmith; brief agreement (1950) between Mary Patricia Highsmith and Alfred Hitchcock relating to the novel Strangers on a Train. 3 lines, unsigned. Hitchcock; TLS to MCA (1953) relating to the contract to direct Rear Window (1954). Hitchcock: 2 T.L.S.s to MCA (1954) regarding contract with Paramount to direct three motion pictures (which would be Rear Window, To Catch a Thief and The Trouble With Harry). One letter with pencil annotation concerning the three-film deal, noting 'mucho dinero'! Hitchcock; TLS to MCA (1954) regarding The Trouble With Harry (1955). Hitchcock: 2 T.L.S.s to MCA (1955) concerning Filwite Productions Inc. Filwite produced the Hitchcock - directed movie The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). Hitchcock: a completed UK Income Tax exemption declaration, TWICE SIGNED. Hitchcock: letter re registering the film titles MARNIE and THE BIRDS (unsigned. 1961). Hitchcock: 2 agreements signed, between Hitchcock and his artists agency (1962). Hitchcock: Agreement signed, between Hitchcock and his artists agency (1963). Hitchcock: Signed Agreement to appear on 'The Dick Cavett Show' (1972). Hitchcock: five documents relating to Hitchcock's appearance on BBC TV's 'Film Night (1972). The remaining material concerns all aspects of Hitchcock's career, such as granting permission for use of his name in other productions, contracts with Psycho author Robert Bloch, summaries of production costs for various projects, contributing to an article 'Motion Pictures' published in Encyclopaedia Britannica, memos for Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and the TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.., legal and agency documents, a property taxt refund, plus notes on old agreements where money wasn't collected.
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