Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Typed letter signed : Beverly Hills, Calif., to John Steinbeck, 1950 Feb. 1.

BIB_ID
317305
Accession number
MA 3659.54
Display Date
1950 Feb. 1.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1964.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 26.6 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.
Signature is illegible; it appears to read "Juk" or "Jub."
Typed on Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation stationery.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck in 1964.
Summary
Encouraging him to travel out to California with "Gadge" (i.e., Kazan), noting "you are Zapata, so how can anything constructive be done with you three thousand miles distant?" Mentioning that he likes Steinbeck's title and offering to send him yellow writing pads.