HUSTON, John "MALTESE FALCON". Document Signed
("John Huston") on black fountain pen ink, on Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
West Coast Studios, Burbank, California letterhead, April 9, 1940. 8 1/2" x
11", 1 page (recto only). Fine (minor signs of handling). Also signed by
Obringer as Assistant Secretary.
Mr. John Huston
c/o Warner Bros. Studio
Burbank, California
Contract with Warner Bros. giving Huston time off to go
to New York to work on the Broadway play "A Passenger
to Bali" from January 13, 1940 to March 18, 1940.
When Huston returns to work, he begins working on
"The Maltese Falcon", which will be his first directing
job.
"A Passenger to Bali" opened on March 14, 1940 and closed on
March 16, 1940. Total performances 4.
"The Maltese Falcon" was released in 1941, directed by John
Huston from a screenplay by John Huston and novel by Dashiell
Hammett. Starring: Humphrey Bogard, Mary Astor, Gladys
George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sidney
Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan, Elisha Cook Jr., James
Burke.
Nominated for 3 Academy Awards including: Best Picture; Best
Writing, Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor Sidney
Greenstreet.
