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Auction History Result 2w174 ERICH VON STROHEIM signed contract 1935 he was screenwriter on a movie called Dolly for MGM! Date Sold 12/14/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed Contract (measures 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm]; 2 pages) (Learn More) Erich von Stroheim was a legendary Austrian actor, director and writer from the 1910s to the 1950s. He did not make any movies in Austria, but rather he worked at a variety of jobs in Austria, and became a member of the elite Austrian Dragoons military unit. He resigned his commission in 1914 and moved to the United States, where he became both an actor and worked behind the scenes. He became a leading actor (he was nicknamed "The Man You Love to Hate", because he mostly played German villains), and he became Hollywood's leading director with major triumphs such as Foolish Wives, The Wedding March, and Greed. But he almost bankrupted Paramount Studios with his never finished "Queen Kelly", and that ended his career as a director, but he made extremely memorable acting appearances in Grand Illusion and Sunset Boulevard (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), as well as appearing in many less notable movies. He passed away in 1957 at the age of 71. Important Added Info: Note that this contract has been personally autographed (signed) by Erich von Stroheim! It is a contract between Erich von Stroheim and MGM, in which he sold his rights in a movie project called "Dolly". We found reference on the Internet to this. Von Stroheim had a contract with MGM to be a screenwriter, and this project was based on a story by Wilson Collison, called "Dolly", and von Stroheim produced three drafts of a movie from it (starring a "cheap looking blonde trollop" named Dolly Madison), but the movie was never made, and obviously, this contract had MGM buying out von Stroheim's interest in the project (they likely pursued it with someone else, but nothing came of it). Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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