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Entertainment Memorabilia

Wed, Mar 7, 2018 05:30AM EST
Lot 480

Important Spencer Tracy Signed ?Guess Who?s Coming to Dinner? Contract.?

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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Important Spencer Tracy Signed ?Guess Who?s Coming to Dinner? Contract.?A 32-page staple-bound employment contract between Columbia Pictures and Spencer Tracy, dated November 22, 1966, engaging him to appear in?Guess Who?s Coming to Dinner in the part of Matt Drayton,?signed in blue ink by Tracy on page 11. Tracy?s health deteriorated in the course of filming, and he died 17 days after filming was completed, at home with his long-term partner (and co-star in the same film) Katharine Hepburn. His final performance, Tracy was posthumously nominated for Best Actor for his role in the film. Hepburn won Best Actress, and the film garnered a second Oscar for Best Screenplay. Fine, with light soiling to first page. Sales History: Heritage Auctions, ?2007 April Signature Entertainment/Music Memorabilia,? Lot 21474.