Rare DS, signed "Victor Fleming" and "I. Thalberg," one page, 8.5 x 11, October 9, 1931. Document confirming a previous agreement between Fleming and MGM that "in the event the production of the photoplay should extend beyond the said seventeen (17) weeks…and should your services be required by us in the completion of said photoplay…we agree to pay you as compensation thereafter the sum of…$2,666.67…per week." Boldly signed at the conclusion by Victor Fleming and Irving Thalberg. In fine condition, with expected document wear.
Fleming had just joined MGM a week earlier, on October 2nd, signing an agreement to direct one photoplay within a 17-week period for a salary of $40,000. This began one of the most important film partnerships in cinema history, as Fleming would go on to direct some of MGM's greatest films — The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind among them. This document must refer to the production of The Wet Parade, Fleming's first MGM film, which would debut in April 1932. Despite the film's tepid reception, Fleming followed with the successful movies Red Dust and Bombshell, both starring Jean Harlow. Fleming is rare in any format, and this specific document, representing the most important turning point in his career, holds an important place in Hollywood history.
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