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Auction History Result u960 WALTER PIDGEON signed contract '44 Pride of Yankees Date Sold 4/19/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed Contract (measures 8 1/2" x 11"; 3 single-sided pages) (Learn More) Walter Pidgeon was an actor from the late 1920s silents and early talkies, moving on to great character roles in 1950s movies such as Forbidden Planet through the 1970s with television roles. He was born in 1897, and started making silent movies and appearing on the stage in the mid 1920s, but he had limited success. He had a wonderful speaking voice, but that did not lead to stardom in early sound movies. Finally, in 1937, at the age of 40, MGM put him under contract, but still limited him to supporting roles. His "big break" finally came in 1941 with How Green Was My Valley, and he became one of MGM's top stars of the early 1940s (no doubt helped by so many other male stars being away at war). He stayed with MGM for the remainder of his career. Some of his movies include: Forbidden Planet, Madame Curie (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Mrs. Miniver (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Advise and Consent, The Bad and the Beautiful, Man Hunt, Command Decision, and Funny Girl! He passed away in 1984 at the age of 87. Important Added Info: This contract (dated February 12, 1944) is for Walter Pidgeon's participation in a radio program of "Pride of the Yankees". It has been signed by Marvin A. Ezzell (Samuel Goldwyn's attorney) and Walter Pidgeon. This contract has 3 single-sided pages. Condition: very good. There are light rust stains at the top of each page where there once were staples. There are light brown stains in the top right corner of the first page in the blank white area and some in the top left corner of the third page (again in the blank white area). Other than the above basically minor defects, the contract is in basically nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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