BIB_ID
317377
Accession number
MA 3659.66
Creator
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979.
Display Date
1950 Aug. 10.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1964.
Description
1 item (7 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 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 Film Corporation stationery.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck in 1964.
Summary
Noting that he is dictating the letter with Gadj (i.e., Kazan) present, and that they have been discussing the script for Viva Zapata! Remarking that they agree on the minor points he has brought up, and so concentrating in this letter on two major points: 1. the character of Bicho; and 2. the importance of emphasizing that "the Government forces are not "hot" on the trail of Zapata" at page 25 of the script. Asking Steinbeck to make these changes while he is in Europe and while Kazan is directing A Streetcar Named Desire.
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