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Auction History Result 1r0094 CARL FOREMAN signed letter '41 sending a press release for Vivian Coe to agent Paul Kohner! Date Sold 8/6/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed Letter (measures 8 1/2" x 13"; 1 page) (Learn More) Carl Foreman was a writer from the 1940s to the 1980s. He rose to prominence when he wrote the script for Cyrano de Bergerac in 1950. In 1951, he was working on High Noon as screenwriter and associate producer, and he was called before the HUAC, where he admitted to being a member of the Communist party in his youth, but he refused to "name names", and he was blacklisted. He had completed the screenplay for High Noon (which many see as an allegory about the isolation of those who refused to name names), but Stanley Kramer forced him to sell his share of the production company (Kramer later claimed that Foreman was threatening to name him as a former Communist, while Foreman claimed that Kramer was scared that the movie would be ruined if Foreman remained part owner). Foreman moved to Europe, where he had great success on movies such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (which won him an Oscar) and The Guns of Navarone. He returned to the U.S. shortly before his death in 1984. He was 69. Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally autographed (signed) by Carl Foreman! Note that this item comes from the estate of Paul Kohner, who had a remarkable life! Kohner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1902, and he was a journalist working at his father's newspaper. He came to Hollywood after interviewing Carl Laemmle, who gave him a job as a publicity man. He became the head of Universal's European department in Berlin, and returned to the U.S. in the early 1930s, and left Universal in 1938, becoming a publicity agent. Among his clients were some of the greatest film stars ever, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, and also great directors such as John Huston and Billy Wilder. He had close personal friendships with many of his clients, and he saved every bit of correspondence and paper work from his agency! He was married to actress Lupita Tovar from 1932 until his death in 1988. Amazingly, after his death, few institutions showed interest in his immense files, and only a small amount ended up being saved, with a lot literally thrown away! Our consignor purchased the item offered here from Mr. Kohner's estate in 1989, and he has held it until now, when he has consigned several items from Mr. Kohner's estate to eMoviePoster.com, and each item is being auctioned separately. Condition: very good. There are some smudges in the top of the left border. Learn More about condition grades 
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