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Auction History Result 2d0039 PAUL LUKAS signed contract '58 agreeing to be represented by Paul Kohner for one year! Date Sold 10/25/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed Contract (measures 8 1/2" x 11"; 6 pages) (Learn More) Paul Lukas was an Austro-Hungarian actor from the 1910s to the 1970s. He was born in 1891, and became an actor in 1918 in Austria, and he made movies there for nearly ten years before moving to Hollywood in 1927. He achieved his greatest success in his 40s, winning the Academy Award in 1943 for "Watch on the Rhine". In his later years, he began appearing on the stage in New York City, making fewer and fewer movie and TV appearances. He passed away in 1971 at the age of 80. Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally autographed (signed) by Paul Lukas! Note that this item comes from the estate of Paul Kohner, who had a remarkable life! Kohner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1902, and he was a journalist working at his father's newspaper. He came to Hollywood after interviewing Carl Laemmle, who gave him a job as a publicity man. He became the head of Universal's European department in Berlin, and returned to the U.S. in the early 1930s, and left Universal in 1938, becoming a publicity agent. Among his clients were some of the greatest film stars ever, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, and also great directors such as John Huston and Billy Wilder. He had close personal friendships with many of his clients, and he saved every bit of correspondence and paper work from his agency! He was married to actress Lupita Tovar from 1932 until his death in 1988. Amazingly, after his death, few institutions showed interest in his immense files, and only a small amount ended up being saved, with a lot literally thrown away! Our consignor purchased the item offered here from Mr. Kohner's estate in 1989, and he has held it until now, when he has consigned several items from Mr. Kohner's estate to eMoviePoster.com, and each item is being auctioned separately. As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. Condition: fair to good. The contract is stained down the left of all pages. It enters the edge of writing on all pages, but it does not affect Mr. Lukas' signature (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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