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Auction archive: Lot number 325

WALT DISNEY STUDIOS

Auction 16.12.1994
16 Dec 1994
Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$10,925
Auction archive: Lot number 325

WALT DISNEY STUDIOS

Auction 16.12.1994
16 Dec 1994
Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$10,925
Beschreibung:

WALT DISNEY STUDIOS A CONTRACT DATED OCTOBER 16, 1923, BETWEEN WALT DISNEY AND MARGARET WINKLER, DISNEY'S FIRST DISTRIBUTOR, SIGNED BY BOTH OF THEM AS WELL AS WITNESSES ROY DISNEY, THE FILM-MAKER'S BROTHER, AND CHARLES MINTZ, MS. WINKLER'S HUSBAND. THE AGREEMENT IS THE FIRST ONE FOR THE THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION OF WALT DISNEY FILMS. IN IT, DISNEY AGREES TO PRODUCE 12 ALICE COMEDIES , ONE EACH MONTH, AND TO BE PAID $1,500 FOR EACH OF THE FIRST SIX SUBJECTS AND $1,800 EACH FOR THE NEXT SIX. DISNEY ALSO SELLS, GRANTS AND CONVEYS ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST TO THE DISTRIBUTOR AND ALLOWS MS. WINKLER'S NAME TO FIGURE PROMINENTLY ON THE MAIN TITLE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISNEY AND MARGARET WINKLER'S WINKLER FILM CORPORATION WAS TO LAST FIVE YEARS UNTIL THE 1928 FALLING OUT BETWEEN THE PARTIES OVER THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE OSWALD SERIES.

Auction archive: Lot number 325
Auction:
Datum:
16 Dec 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

WALT DISNEY STUDIOS A CONTRACT DATED OCTOBER 16, 1923, BETWEEN WALT DISNEY AND MARGARET WINKLER, DISNEY'S FIRST DISTRIBUTOR, SIGNED BY BOTH OF THEM AS WELL AS WITNESSES ROY DISNEY, THE FILM-MAKER'S BROTHER, AND CHARLES MINTZ, MS. WINKLER'S HUSBAND. THE AGREEMENT IS THE FIRST ONE FOR THE THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION OF WALT DISNEY FILMS. IN IT, DISNEY AGREES TO PRODUCE 12 ALICE COMEDIES , ONE EACH MONTH, AND TO BE PAID $1,500 FOR EACH OF THE FIRST SIX SUBJECTS AND $1,800 EACH FOR THE NEXT SIX. DISNEY ALSO SELLS, GRANTS AND CONVEYS ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST TO THE DISTRIBUTOR AND ALLOWS MS. WINKLER'S NAME TO FIGURE PROMINENTLY ON THE MAIN TITLE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISNEY AND MARGARET WINKLER'S WINKLER FILM CORPORATION WAS TO LAST FIVE YEARS UNTIL THE 1928 FALLING OUT BETWEEN THE PARTIES OVER THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE OSWALD SERIES.

Auction archive: Lot number 325
Auction:
Datum:
16 Dec 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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