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A Katharine Hepburn signed contract for Desk Set
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A Katharine Hepburn signed contract for Desk Set
Mimeographed Document Signed ("Katharine Hepburn"), 26 pp, dated November 16, 1956, between Hepburn and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation for the use of Hepburn's services on the film, The Desk Set. Interestingly, the contract is accompanied by a cover letter from the William Morris Agency to Hepburn's father, Dr. Thomas N. Hepburn, indicating that this is a copy for his records. Desk Set, as it was later titled, was released in 1957 and co-stars Hepburn's on- and off-screen companion, Spencer Tracy. Though Hepburn was a self-proclaimed egotist, her reverence for Tracy is displayed on page 15, where she agrees that "the name of no member of the cast, other than that of Mr. Tracy, shall be displayed in type of a size larger or more prominent than [Hepburn's]." Desk Set, directed by Walter Lang, was a box office success and was the penultimate of Tracy and Hepburn's 9 films together.
Provenance: Property from the Estate of Katharine Hepburn, Sotheby's, New York, June 10 & 11, 2004, Lot 214A.
9 x 11 in.
Provenance: Property from the Estate of Katharine Hepburn, Sotheby's, New York, June 10 & 11, 2004, Lot 214A.
9 x 11 in.




















