BIB_ID
317562
Accession number
MA 3659.73
Creator
Kazan, Elia.
Display Date
undated [1952 Jan. or Feb.].
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1964.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 27.9 cm
Notes
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.
The letter is not signed; that Kazan is the author is inferred solely from the contents. The date and location of writing are inferred also from the contents of the letter. See Zanuck's response of February 19, 1952 (MA 3659.74).
The letter is not signed; that Kazan is the author is inferred solely from the contents. The date and location of writing are inferred also from the contents of the letter. See Zanuck's response of February 19, 1952 (MA 3659.74).
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck in 1964.
Summary
Remarking that for the past few months he and Steinbeck have been thinking of an idea for a comedy, mentioning "it seems to us the basis of a very funny moving picture" and wondering if Zanuck would be interested in it. Noting that it is based on an experience that Steinbeck had during the war and giving a detailed synopsis of the idea.
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