DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, MGM Pictures letterhead, September 4, 1941. Official letter from Loew's Incorporated, in part: "Under date of August 23, 1941 we confirmed our advice to you that your services in the photoplay referred to in our contract with you dated November 20, 1940 were completed as of the close of August 22, 1941. Accordingly, no compensation is payable to you under said contract after August 22, 1941. It is now agreed by and between us that in the event we require your additional services in being photographed and/or recorded in connection with retakes, added scenes, sound track or changes in said photoplay, you agree to render such services in connection therewith as and when we may request. Compensation for said additional services shall be at the rate of Five Thousand Dollars…per week." Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Garbo. In fine condition, with a couple of light stains to the top. This contract relates to Garbo's final film, the George Cukor-directed romantic comedy Two-Faced Woman. The movie was released by MGM on November 30, 1941, but only after several scenes were re-shot following its unusual C-rating (condemned) from the National Legion of Decency, which cited the film's 'immoral and un-Christian attitude toward marriage and its obligations: impudently suggestive scenes, dialogue, and situations: suggestive costumes.' After the retakes were finished (which Cukor took no part in), the film received an acceptable B-rating, but it was still banned in several cities, such as Boston, Providence, Omaha, Chicago, and Milwaukee.
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