BIB_ID
316653
Accession number
MA 3659.4
Creator
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979.
Display Date
1948 May 28.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1964.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 28 cm
Notes
Fragile; housed with a preservation photocopy.
Addressed to John Steinbeck in New York City.
Part of a large collection of letters, documents, memoranda, telegrams, clippings, printed matter and maps related to the film Viva Zapata!, which was produced by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1952.
Sent from a Western Union telegraph office in West Los Angeles, Calif.
Addressed to John Steinbeck in New York City.
Part of a large collection of letters, documents, memoranda, telegrams, clippings, printed matter and maps related to the film Viva Zapata!, which was produced by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1952.
Sent from a Western Union telegraph office in West Los Angeles, Calif.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck in 1964.
Summary
Concerning obtaining the rights to produce a film on Emiliano Zapata, noting that it will take until next Tuesday or Wednesday to "obtain the lowdown from Metro on the story as there are a number of technical details involved," and that they must also obtain permission from a Mexican office. Mentioning that he has been told that on five occasions in the past several years, various film companies have been unsuccessful in obtaining Mexican permission to produce a film on Zapata.
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