BIB_ID
270062
Accession number
MA 6426.24
Creator
Lorentz, Pare.
Display Date
1938 May 24.
Credit line
Purchased on the John F. Fleming Fund, 2007.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Neither the "industrial story" (possibly "Ecce Homo!") nor "In Dubious Battle" were apparently never produced, and in August 1938 Lorentz was named the first director of the newly created United States Film Service.
Part of a collection of letters and telegrams primarily between John Steinbeck and Pare Lorentz.
Part of a collection of letters and telegrams primarily between John Steinbeck and Pare Lorentz.
Provenance
Sale (New York, Bonhams, 20 June 2007, lot 5233).
Summary
Concerning the broadcast of Lorentz's thirty minute play ["Ecce Homo!"] taken from his proposed new picture for the government. Noting that "Washington is still sparring" and that Lorentz will not take the new job unless they allow him to do his industrial movie and "In Dubious Battle," and give him leave to talk and visit with Steinbeck "within the next three weeks."
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