BIB_ID
316659
Accession number
MA 3659.8
Creator
Joy, Jason S.
Display Date
1948 June 19.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1964.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 26.7 cm
Notes
Ernesto Uruchurtu was a Mexican politician.
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.
Typed on Twentieth Century-Fox Corporation stationery.
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.
Typed on Twentieth Century-Fox Corporation stationery.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck in 1964.
Summary
Describing an impromptu meeting with George Thatcher and Ernesto Uruchurtu regarding the possible production of a film based on the life of Emiliano Zapata. Reporting that the Mexican president (Miguel Alemán Valdés) phoned Uruchurtu to give his approval of the project and to request that Uruchurtu help them in any way; mentioning that Uruchurtu offered the assistance of his staff and said that it was not necessary to talk to the Censor at this time.
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