German actor and film director (1893-1972) whose best known films include The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Story of Louis Pasteur, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His 1937 film The Life of Emile Zola won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Two documents: an official letter from Vanguard Films, one page, February 4, 1944, affirming that they are exercising an option in a prior agreement, signed at the conclusion in black ink by Dieterle; and an agreement between Loew's Incorporated and Dieterle, 22 pages, April 13, 1942, in which the former "hereby employs and engages the director to render his exclusive services as a motion picture director for and during the term of this agreement," signed at the conclusion in black ink by Dieterle. In overall fine condition.
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