BIB_ID
316662
Accession number
MA 3659.10
Creator
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Display Date
undated [before 1948 June 18].
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1964.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 31.6 cm
Notes
Location and approximate date of writing based on contents of the letter. See MA 3659.7.
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.
Written on yellow legal pad paper.
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.
Written on yellow legal pad paper.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck in 1964.
Summary
Stating his willingness to begin research for [Viva Zapata!] before receiving the "official sanction," noting that if they are successful in securing the rights to produce the film that they will proceed with a contact, and if they are unsuccessful that Zanuck will only need to pay Steinbeck's already-incurred expenses. Discussing the possibility of setting up a Mexican company as was done with his film The Pearl.
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