Important Archive of William Faulkner Material for the Selling of the Motion Picture Rights to His Novel - “The Sound and the Fury” - to Twentieth Century-Fox Including Four Contracts Signed by Faulkn
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Los Angeles/New York/Oxford, Mississippi, 1956-1967. This is the approximately 90 page archive file from William Faulkner’s former agents, Harold Ober Associates, in which they negotiated and sold the motion picture rights to Faulkner’s masterpiece novel, “The Sound and the Fury” to Twentieth Century-Fox studios. In 1959, director Martin Ritt produced the acclaimed motion picture starring Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Stuart Whitman, Ethel Waters, Jack Warden, Albert Dekker. The four contracts signed by Faulkner are described as follows: (1) The Option Agreement Contract to Purchase the Motion Picture Rights to “The Sound and the Fury,” 10 page contract dated September 1, 1956. Signed by William Faulkner, and initialed twice by him in the margins. Also signed by Lew Schrieber, Executive Manager of Twentieth Century-Fox; (2) The Agreement of Sale Contract to Purchase the Motion Picture Rights, 19 page contract dated September 1, 1956. Signed by William Faulkner, and initialed 15 times by him in the margins, as well as on inserted rider clauses. Additionally, signed by Lew Schrieber; (3) The Agreement of Sale Contract to Purchase the Motion Picture Rights, 12 page contract dated March 22, 1957. Signed by William Faulkner; (4) The Exercise of Option Agreement by Twentieth Century-Fox to Purchase the Motion Picture Rights, 1 page, March 22, 1957. Signed by William Faulkner. Additionally, signed by Lew Schrieber. The remaining papers are a collection of letters, carbon copies of l
- Year: 1956
- Binding: unknown
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