BIB_ID
317066
Accession number
MA 3659.20
Creator
Dancigers, Oscar, 1902-1976.
Display Date
1948 July 6.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1964.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.7 cm
Notes
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.
Signed "Oscar."
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.
Signed "Oscar."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck in 1964.
Summary
Enclosing (not present) "the rest of the story that was told to us by General Carranco;" also enclosing (1 p.) a "plan de trabajo" listing appointments for July 5-12. Noting that he has not yet received the Pinchon book, but will show it to the people Steinbeck suggested once it arrives. Reporting that Zapata's brother died before him and that the story about his sister being a tortilla vendor is false; also reporting that the film Steinbeck mentioned does not exist either, as the negative and all the prints burned up. Asking when Steinbeck will come to Mexico and noting he will be in California the following week.
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