American writer (1903-1968) who is best known for his crime fiction; his story It Had to Be Murder served as the source for Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic Rear Window. World War II-dated TLS, one page, 6 x 9, Hotel Marseilles letterhead, December 10, 1942. Letter to literary agent H. N. Swanson, in full: "Lippincott has asked me for a copy of the Phantom Lady contract with Universal, in order to be able to refer to it when things come up. Will you send me one please, and they will have a photostat made of it. How is The Black Angel going? Anything on it yet? I am going over the proofs on it at the moment, What about those stories which you took with you, and later wrote me had no picture possibilities? Such as I Was Waiting For You, Cover Charge, etc. You may as well send them back also, hadn't you, as they are the only copies I have, and I might be able to rework them. Let me hear from you." In fine condition, with staple holes and minor paper loss to the upper left corner, and slight brushing to the last name of the signature.
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