Lot 426
Mayer, Louis B. Document Signed ("Louis B. Mayer"). Three pages, quarto, Culver City, California, December 28, 1929. On Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios letterhead. In black ink. Being confirmation of the terms loaning Leila Hyams to First National Productions for Other Men's Wives, to be directed by Clarence Badger. Three file holes at top edge -- one is torn through on all three pages, two horizontal folds, paper clip impression at top left edge. Otherwise, very good condition.
Leila Hyams made her screen debut in 1924 and made at least 54 movies before retirement in 1936. Typically cast as a wholesome ingenue, she was successful in both silents and talkies and most memorable as the heroine in Tod Browning's Freaks (1932).
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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