Marilyn Monroe | Signed MCA Contract Letter

A signed copy of a letter to the Screen Actor's Guild on MCA letterhead, that's dated January 1953 and signed by Marilyn Monroe and Lew Wasserman, and marked "COPY." The letter requests an acknowledgement of the change in representation for Monroe from the William Morris Agency to MCA under the supervision of Lew Wasserman. Wasserman later became the president of the Screen Actor's Guild. Johnny Hyde, executive vice president of William Morris and the man credited with discovering Marilyn, had passed away in 1950. The loss of Hyde may have precipitated the change.

The letter is matted in white matboard.

11 x 14 inches