October 6, 1936
Mr. Oliver N. Hardy
Culver City, California.
Dear Sir:
You will please take notice that HAL ROACH STUDIOS, INC., does hereby exercise its option, as provided for in that agreement of November 15th, 1933, for the use of your services for the period commencing November 13, 1936, and ending November 12 1937, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions in terms of set agreement.
Very truly yours,
HAL ROACH STUDIOS INC.
By Matt O'Brien
Secty. Treas.
MOB/rb
Received this 7th day of October, 1936.
October 10, 1936
Hal Roach Studios, Inc.,
Culver City, California.
Gentlemen:
This will acknowledge receipt by me of Thirty Two Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Three end 74/100 ($32,353.74) Dollars cash, which is Thirty Two Thousand Five Hundred (l2,S00.00) Dollars less unemployment insurance tax, (representing two (2) payments of Sixteen Thousand One Hundred Seventy-six and 87/100 ($16,176.87) Dollars each) which sum, at my request, you will pay to me in advance on the picture which I am now making for you under our existing contract.
I agree that the payment thereof shall not prejudice your rights and is not to be taken as evidence of completion of the picture and I agree hereafter to fully complete the picture in all respects in accordance with our agreements.
Yours very truly,
SL/rb
October 17, 1936
Mrs. Laurel said the actor earns $70,000 for each picture in which he appears and now has a contract that soon will pay him $200,000.
She asked the court for a restraining order against Laurel, declaring she feared physical violence from him. They were married in 1935.
October 31, 1936
She claims they lived together as man and wife from 1919 to 1925.
Mae Laurel is shown in this photo with a scrapbook she said she kept while she and the comedian were teamed in vaudeville.