LANG FRITZ: (1890-1976) Austro-Hungarian born film director whose works include the ground-breaking futuristic Metropolis (1927) and the influential film noir precursor M (1931). An interesting Autograph Manuscript, unsigned (although with his surname LANG and initials F.L. appearing at various stages within the text), fifteen pages (separate leaves), 4to, n.p. (Los Angeles), 2^nd March - 11^th April n.y. (c.1966). The manuscript, written in English, represents Lang's daily planner whilst making a visit to Los Angeles in the company of the German-French film critic and writer Lotte Eisner, with various events and meetings etc. recorded in a tabular form and divided between day and evening, including telephoning Mary Pickford upon his arrival, receiving calls from Josef von Sternberg ('picked me up at 1 for lunch') and King Vidor, contacting William Wyler, Alfred Hitchcock, Edith Head, Gene Kelly ('will call when he has time'), Billy Wilder, Mervyn LeRoy, George Cukor, Stanley Kramer, John Ford, Lewis Milestone, Vincente Minelli and others, and also including various notes recording his daily activities, 'working on Bogdanovich's interview', 'playing Wartime Underground records of Lang', '10am Dr for Typhoid and Cholera shots', 'Luft called re Sol Lesser rendezvous', 'Staff of LA County Museum debating Homage to Renoir', 'to Larry Edmonds Bookshop….would like to exchange in Paris posters etc., afterwards to Academy Theatre at Melrose Ave', 'Lotte looked at articles and pictures of Fritz Lang', 'Lotte called Arthur Knight: will bring a drawing by Chaplin', 'David Raskin called: he gave “Chaplin drawing” to Arthur Knight but would like to get from C.F. a letter with valuation (to subtract it from his income tax). He will look for a music score of a Chaplin film' etc., and noting the names of various restaurants where they dined in the evenings, and the occasional film they have seen, including Our Man Flint. The final page features a list of expenses incurred by Lang during the trip. Many of the events and names are underlined or circled in bold red ink. A fascinating document illustrating the connections Lang maintained in Hollywood with some of film's legendary directors, producers and actors. Some light age wear, generally VG