DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, December 30, 1958. Agreement between Spencer Tracy, Lomitas Productions, and United Artists "relating to your employment for the role of 'Henry Drummond' in connection with the photoplay tentatively entitled 'Inherit the Wind,'" in which the company guarantees "the payment to you of all sums due you by the Producer." Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Spencer Tracy, and countersigned by representatives of Lomitas Productions and United Artists. In fine condition.
Inherit the Wind is a dramatized account of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, in which a high school teacher is tried for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. The film stars Spencer Tracy and Fredric March, portraying fictionalized versions of the real-life figures Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. It explores themes of intellectual freedom, the conflict between science and religion, and the right to think independently.
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