CHANDLER RAYMOND: (1888-1959) American Crime Writer, creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe. D.S., Raymond ...

CHANDLER RAYMOND: (1888-1959) American Crime Writer, creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe. D.S., Raymond Chandler, one page, 4to, Hollywood, California, 12th April 1945. The carbon typed document (featuring the Paramount Pictures Inc. logos as watermarks) is in the form of a letter to Chandler from Paramount Pictures Inc. and states, in part, 'In consideration and in recognition of the excellence of the quality of your services and for your zeal and enthusiasm in the rendition of your services…..the undersigned corporation hereby makes payment to you, by way of bonus, of the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), receipt of which you do hereby acknowledge…..'. Chandler has signed his name at the foot in acceptance of the bonus and the document also bears two signatures of officials of Paramount Pictures Inc. Scarce. Some light creasing to the edges, not affecting the text or signatures, about VG £300-400 In 1945, the year of the present document, Chandler had been employed as a script writer by Paramount Pictures on their film noir mystery movie The Unseen which starred Joel McCrea and Gail Russell. The film was released in the United States of America on 12th May 1945, exactly a month after Chandler accepted his bonus.