BIB_ID
231400
Accession number
MA 6126
Creator
Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961.
Display Date
1937-1950 and [n.d.].
Credit line
Gift; Claire Luce.
Description
70 items (70 p.)
Notes
Access to the letters was restricted, at the request of Claire Luce, until January 1990.
The recipient of the letters should not be confused with Claire Boothe Luce.
The recipient of the letters should not be confused with Claire Boothe Luce.
Provenance
Claire Luce.
Summary
Concerning her role as Curley's wife in a production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and other theater news and gossip. The cards appear to have accompanied gifts of flowers. With mention of Adele Astaire, Ruth Chatterton, Betty Field, Ira Gershwin, Max Gordon, Sam Harris, Moss Hart, Nunnally Johnson, Gertrude Lawrence, Arthur Schwartz, Lenore Ulrich, and Alexander Woollcott. With mention of the following books and films: The American Way (1939), Bravo! (1948), The Land Is Bright (1941), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939), Mr. Big (1941), Of Mice and Men (1938), Park Avenue (1946), The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947).
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