Original Typed Document Signed – Contract Between Universal Pictures Company and William Faulkner Purchasing the Film Rights to Faulkner’s Novel - Pylon

Published by Los Angeles 11 pages, quarto March 1, 1956

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Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA

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Original Typed Document Signed – Contract between Universal Pictures Company and William Faulkner purchasing the film rights to Faulkner’s novel - “Pylon.” 11 pages, March 1, 1956. Signed twice by William Faulkner, and initialed 4 times by him in the margins, and additionally signed by Faulkner’s wife, Estelle Oldham Faulkner, and his daughter, Jill Faulkner Summers. Universal Pictures eventually produced the film as “The Tarnished Angels” directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone.

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Title
Original Typed Document Signed – Contract Between Universal Pictures Company and William Faulkner Purchasing the Film Rights to Faulkner’s Novel - Pylon
Author
FAULKNER, WILLIAM
Publisher
Los Angeles 11 pages, quarto March 1, 1956
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