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1956 · 13959J — Los Angeles/New York/Oxford Mississippi 1956-1967. This is the approximately 90 page archive file from William Faulkner’s former agents Harold Ober Associates in which they negotiated and sold the motion picture rights to Faulkner’s masterpiece novel “The Sound and the Fury†to Twentieth Century-Fox studios. In 1959 director Martin Ritt produced the acclaimed motion picture starring Yul Brynner Joanne Woodward Stuart Whitman Ethel Waters Jack Warden Albert Dekker. The four contracts signed by Faulkner are described as follows: 1 The Option Agreement Contract to Purchase the Motion Picture Rights to “The Sound and the Fury†10 page contract dated September 1 1956. Signed by William Faulkner and initialed twice by him in the margins. Also signed by Lew Schrieber Executive Manager of Twentieth Century-Fox; 2 The Agreement of Sale Contract to Purchase the Motion Picture Rights 19 page contract dated September 1 1956. Signed by William Faulkner and initialed 15 times by him in the margins as well as on inserted rider clauses. Additionally signed by Lew Schrieber; 3 The Agreement of Sale Contract to Purchase the Motion Picture Rights 12 page contract dated March 22 1957. Signed by William Faulkner; 4 The Exercise of Option Agreement by Twentieth Century-Fox to Purchase the Motion Picture Rights 1 page March 22 1957. Signed by William Faulkner. Additionally signed by Lew Schrieber. The remaining papers are a collection of letters carbon copies of letters to-and-fro among the parties involved interoffice notes and memos and various papers clarifying the relevant issues. There are also additional contracts including four signed by Faulkner’s legendary Random House editor Saxe Cummins acting on Faulkner’s behalf with power of attorney plus one contract signed by Faulkner’s wife Estelle Oldham Faulkner and another signed by his daughter Jill Faulkner Summers. unknown books