Howard Hughes signed Caddo Company contract for Lewis Milestone to produce Cock of the Air, countersigned by Milestone....

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Howard Hughes signed Caddo Company contract for Lewis Milestone to produce Cock of the Air, countersigned by Milestone. (Caddo Company, 1932) 1-page 8.5 x 11 in. contract, dated June 17, 1931, hiring Lewis Milestone "to produce a picture" and "to have prepared under your direction and supervision a script, tentatively known as 'Cock 'o the Air'..." Signed "Howard R. Hughes President" and countersigned "Lewis Milestone". Included with two 3-page contracts (identical content), each signed by Cock of the Air writer Robert Sherwood and Hughes chief executive and trusted advisor Noah Dietrich, dated July 17, 1931. Lewis Milestone won the only ever Best Comedy Director Oscar for Two Arabian Knights (1927), another Hughes production, at the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929. Exhibiting usual folds with staple and punch holes at top. From the personal collection of Howard Hughes.

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