Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1944.
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Unbound. One quarto leaf. 8½" x 11". Typed carbon document on thin "Paramount Pictures" watermarked paper Signed by Raymond Chandler, and co-signed by two functionaries for Paramount. Two old, light horizontal folds else about fine. An addenda to a writing contract allowing Chandler to take off the period of June 29th until July 8th from his screenwriting job at Paramount, without pay, on condition that he return after that period and not write for anyone else in the meantime.
During this time Chandler was, with Frank Partos, co-writing the script for *And Now Tomorrow* (one of the signers on the document is simply "Frank," presumably indicating that Partos agreed to Chandler's absence). While the reason for Chandler's absence is not specified, it seems likely that it had to do with activities connected to the release of *Double Indemnity*, the film made from his screenplay, which premiered on July 6th, 1944.
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