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Ronald Reagan, Document Signed "Ronald Reagan", New York, November 24, 1950, agreeing that the Management Corporation of America (MCA) is his official employer for the appearance. It is entitled "Agreement between Ronald Reagan and Management Corporation of America dated Nov. 24, 1950, for Nash Airflyte Theatre program." and reads "…You have advised me that you are acting as my employer thereunder; that I have consented to and hereby approve of your so acting as my employer…", this agreement would have been originally signed with a companion document spelling out other terms and conditions of the employment arrangement, Very Fine.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR RONALD REAGAN'S FIRST TELEVISION APPEARANCE.
Reagan appeared in more than 50 films over two decades in Hollywood, but by the dawn of the 1950s, the medium of television was exploding, and his movie career (and those of many other actors) was in decline. Reagan determined to take advantage of this trend and break into TV. On December 7, 1950, he made his historic television network debut on the Nash Airflyte Theater.