BIB_ID
269933
Accession number
MA 6426.17
Creator
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Display Date
[1938 April 7].
Credit line
Purchased on the John F. Fleming Fund, 2007.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm
Notes
A film version of "In Dubious Battle" was apparently never produced.
Letter is in response to a telegram from Pare Lorentz to John Steinbeck (MA 6426.16), dated 7 April 1938. Lorentz responds to the present item (MA 6426.17) in a letter (MA 6426.18) dated 9 April 1938.
Part of a collection of letters and telegrams primarily between John Steinbeck and Pare Lorentz.
The book referenced is probably "L'Affaire Lettuceberg," which Steinbeck abandoned the following month.
The donation to the Simon Lubin Society may consist of the $25 promised by the Des Moines Register for Steinbeck's "Starvation Under the Orange Trees" (See MA 6426.2b, MA 6426.9 and MA 6426.18).
Letter is in response to a telegram from Pare Lorentz to John Steinbeck (MA 6426.16), dated 7 April 1938. Lorentz responds to the present item (MA 6426.17) in a letter (MA 6426.18) dated 9 April 1938.
Part of a collection of letters and telegrams primarily between John Steinbeck and Pare Lorentz.
The book referenced is probably "L'Affaire Lettuceberg," which Steinbeck abandoned the following month.
The donation to the Simon Lubin Society may consist of the $25 promised by the Des Moines Register for Steinbeck's "Starvation Under the Orange Trees" (See MA 6426.2b, MA 6426.9 and MA 6426.18).
Provenance
Sale (New York, Bonhams, 20 June 2007, lot 5233).
Summary
Concerning the uncertainty over the delayed publication of his article ["Starvation Under The Orange Trees,"] and his frustration with the situation, noting that "the liberal Scripps Howard people don't want to print the stuff," but that "someone said he had seen it in an Oklahoma paper." Thanking Lorentz for his involvement, and noting that the money has been sent to the Simon Lubin Society. Reporting that he is "working on a book now and [hopes] to god [he] can stick with it and get it finished." Also mentioning a visit from Pat [Pascal] Covici and potential involvement in a film. Assuming that Lorentz's plans for the picture [possibly the film adaptation of "In Dubious Battle"] have "languished," but hoping that they have not been "entirely abandoned."
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