BIB_ID
317277
Accession number
MA 3659.47
Creator
Buck, Jules, 1917-2001.
Display Date
1949 Dec. 7.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1964.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 28 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.
Typed on Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation onionskin stationery, marked "Via Air Mail."
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 Film Corporation onionskin stationery, marked "Via Air Mail."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck in 1964.
Summary
Saying he is delighted that Kazan is enthusiastic about the screenplay for Viva Zapata! and noting that the film "can be one of the greatest motion pictures of all time." Remarking that he would like to continue working on the film, but that this is up to Zanuck. With a postscript signed J.B. suggesting Marlon Brando for Zapata.
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