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GERSHWIN, GEORGE. 1898-1937.
11 June 2008, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$2,400 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistGERSHWIN, GEORGE. 1898-1937.
Typed Letter Signed (“George Gershwin”), 1 p, 4to, Los Angeles, December 11, 1936, on RKO Studios letterhead, to Andy Rice, about possible collaboration on a picture, verso taped at edges to mat, about fine, matted and framed to 16¾ by 19 inches.
George and Ira Gershwin signed a contract in 1936 with RKO Studios to write for his first Hollywood project, the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers vehicle, Shall We Dance (1937). In this letter, he offers to help his writer friend Rice land work at Samuel Goldwyn with obligating himself to a project.
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George and Ira Gershwin signed a contract in 1936 with RKO Studios to write for his first Hollywood project, the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers vehicle, Shall We Dance (1937). In this letter, he offers to help his writer friend Rice land work at Samuel Goldwyn with obligating himself to a project.
See illustration.





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