Beschreibung:

Comprising a one-page typed letter signed ("Mickey Cohen"), dated June 4, 1959, to producer Maurice Kosloff, granting him permission to produce a film based on Cohen's life with Ben Hecht as screenwriter; a vintage print of the 1949 Ed Clark Life Magazine photo showing Cohen in a suit, standing in front of backdrop of newspapers with headlines about him; a four-page typed treatment entitled "Some Notes for Cohen Movie," dated June, 1959, by "Ben Hecht, Perry Lane, Nyack, New York," being a summary of Hecht's ideas for the film; a period copy of a one-page typed letter from Harry Cohen, Mickey's brother, appealing for the recipient to join him in an effort to win a Presidential pardon for Cohen; a period copy of a two-page autograph letter from Cohen, dated December 5, 1963, from prison, to "Gloria," discussing prison conditions and also mentioning President Kennedy's assassination; a 27-page (of 98 pages) typed manuscript, being a partial account of Cohen's life, including a introductory page stating that the material was purchased by James Arthur Vaus, Jr. from Mickey Cohen on March 15, 1956; and four one-page typed letters signed from executives at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Twentieth Century-Fox, United Artists, and Paramount, dated 1959-60, to Maurice Kosloff, rejecting the Ben Hecht-Mickey Cohen film. An interesting window into a unproduced film based on the life of the notorious gangster to be written by the renowned screenwriter Hecht, whose credits included Gone With the Wind, His Girl Friday, Spellbound, and Notorious. 8 1/2 x 11 in.