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Lot 228

Maureen O'Hara's contracts and paperwork related to Only the Lonely

29 November 2016, 12:00 EST
New York

US$1,200 - US$1,800

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Maureen O'Hara's contracts and paperwork related to Only the Lonely

Twentieth Century Fox, 1991. Comprising 2 Twentieth Century Fox Deal Player Employment Agreements (draft and final versions) signed ("Maureen O'Hara") and initialed multiple times by her; a letter from Carol A. Celentano of 20th to Charles B. FitzSimons, January 7, 1992, re: O'Hara's Deal Player Employment Agreement, with original transmittal envelope; and approx. 150 pp of production paperwork, including 82 pp of Daily Production Reports; 20 pp of call sheets with additional material stapled on; a 23 pp Crew List; a script page annotated by O'Hara; directions to wrap party, December, 1990; and a fan letter with transmittal envelope and small black and white photo of O'Hara. Also, a Mayfair Regent Hotel, Chicago, folder containing approximately 30 pp of correspondence related to publicizing the film; invitations; and related materials.
After a nearly twenty-year hiatus from the screen, O'Hara returned in the hit comedy Only the Lonely costarring as a Chicago cop's (John Candy) overbearing live-in mother. Writer/director Chris Columbus wrote O'Hara's role specifically for her, and then set about tracking the retired actress down through her brother, Charles FitzSimons.

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