ALS signed 'Ziegfeld,' six pages, 6 x 8.5, no date. Letter to Mr. Dillon, a movie director, regarding the conditions of employment for Ziegfeld's wife, the actress Billie Burke: 'It is very evident Mr. Mayer [Louis B. Mayer, movie entrepreneur] has not notified you or Mr. Smith at the studio the arrangement I made regarding Miss Burke's hours. I made a great concession with the promise of better pictures with the promise on his part to stop at nothing to get great results. Your leading man is certainly going to be a great handicap for you to carry out Mr. Mayer's promise to me and how you are going to get a satisfactory picture I am at a loss to understand. Of course if Mr. Mayer fails in his end of the agreement I...will refuse to make any concession from the original Contract. Miss Burke is never to be called in the morning is to start work immediately after lunch and if necessary work at night - If she is called in the morning she is to leave not later the(n) four - and every effort possible is to be made to lay the work out so she will not be compelled to wait around when she is not really wanted...If you get a satisfactory picture with the leading man selected you are a wonder. He can't even move his hands.' In fine condition, with a light shade of toning and two horizontal mailing folds. RRAuction COA.
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