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 This auction is for an original 1937 signed production contract between Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. and writer, Howard J. Green. This contract is in connection to the story that was sold to Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc. for the 1938 film titled THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES. It is hand signed on the bottom by Howard J. Green. This item only includes the 1 yellow page shown in the photo above. This contract has horizontal fold lines from how it was stored. This contract has 2 punch holes on the top edge and on the left edge. The top 2 punch holes which torn through. If requested I will provide the document's measurements. Please view all of the pictures above carefully.

Additional Information:

Howard J. Green (March 20, 1893 – September 2, 1965) was an American screenwriter who worked in film and television. He was the first president of the Screen Writers Guild and a founder of the subsequent Writers Guild of America, West.

Green attended Hastings Law College in San Francisco during which he wrote multiple musical comedies. Once his scripts began getting local production, he gave up law to pursue newspaper reporting and began as a news reporter in San Francisco and St. Louis before settling in New York and joining the New York Clipper. After serving in World War I, he returned to New York and became managing editor of Theatre World.

Green's experience at Theatre World led him to begin writing scripts again and he wrote vaudeville shows as well as sketches for the Garrick Gaieties and Greenwich Village Follies. He would then form the Hocky-Green vaudeville production firm with fellow writer Milton Hocky.

The silent film actor Johnny Hines eventually suggested that Green try his hand at screenwriting and in 1926 he moved to Los Angeles to join Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a "gag man" writer. Green made his motion picture debut as a "comedy constructor" for The Brown Derby and his first screen credit was for The Kid Brother in 1927.

In 1932, Green penned I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, based upon the autobiography of a chain gang escapee, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture but also had a significant impact on film-goers in the United States. The film fueled protests against the chain gang system which ultimately led to reforms of the system and the elimination of chain gangs in Georgia in 1937.

In 1933, at a time when writers were looking to organize against the studios, Green suggested reviving the Screen Writers Guild, which began as a social club in 1921, as a union. Green then became the union's first president.

Green would write over 60 films throughout his career and in 1951 he turned to television, beginning with an episode of The Adventures of Kit Carson. He would then write episodes for over 20 television shows, including multiple episodes for Gruen Guild Theater, Chevron Theatre, Public Defender and the Pepsi-Cola Playhouse.




This hand signed item is 100% original and authentic. Furthermore, this item DOES NOT INCLUDE a PSA/DNA or JSA authentication. This item can be returned within 90 days for a full refund with proof that the autograph did not pass from a legitimate certification company like PSA/DNA. If requested, this item will be accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by our eBay company. We stand behind our COA.



        


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• PLEASE message me if you have any questions BEFORE BIDDING, Thanks. We have one of the largest collections of original movie screenplays in the world. We also carry scripts used in Television, Broadway, Radio and other forms of entertainment. Every script that we own was hand-picked one at a time over the many years of which we have been collecting. All of the scripts that we own are original and we do not buy or sell any reproductions or fakes. A lot of people, new to collecting, are confused about the word "Original." In terms of movie scripts, the term "Original" means that it was used by the production company in the early stages of production or that it was issued out to the cast and crew members during filming, and used at the time of production. Any scripts printed or used in any fashion after filming has completed are known as either a reproduction or a post-production script. These two types of scripts are much less valuable and desirable. All of our scripts are "Original."
• An original movie script has a lot of character in the item itself and every one of them is different in some way or another. There is usually only one script given to each crew member during production, however, sometimes they do get more than one. This makes original movie scripts very desirable because of how scarce they are. Any changes made to the screenplay during production are known as revisions and these revision pages are inserted into that one script that was issued out to them. For example, if we are talking about a low-budget film with a small cast and only a few crew members, there are actually only a small number of scripts in existence around the world for that film. This aspect of collecting makes it fun but also difficult because there may be a certain writer or director that you love to collect and there may only be a handful of movie scripts that still exist from that specific film that you are looking for. We have some of the rarest movie scripts in the world.
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