BIB_ID
401440
Accession number
MA 13556
Creator
Burke, Thomas, 1886-1945.
Display Date
[1928?].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 page) ; 25.5 x 20.4 cm
Notes
Date of writing suggested by Burke's reference to the recent death of Mary Pickford's mother, which occured in March of 1928.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Enclosing a manuscript for his "film-story" entitled "Francesa of Little Italy" and noting that it had been commissioned by Mary Pickford as a vehicle for her but that owing to the recent death of her mother, she is no longer interested in business and "may nor produce a new picture for two years or more"; suggesting that the actress Colleen More might an appropriate choice for the lead in his new story, as she had previously starred in his "Twinkletoes" and the lead character is a "Twinkletoes type"; saying that he has never offered a manuscript to a film company and that he has been warned "that it is dangerous to offer MSS. to film companies, as they are apt to return the MS. and retain the idea".
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