BIB_ID
448235
Accession number
MA 23840.50
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, [1963 November 4]
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 26.5 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Date from postmark.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory + Ismail Merchant, 143, East 62nd Street, New York 21, N.Y., U.S.A. and postmarked November 4, 1963.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory + Ismail Merchant, 143, East 62nd Street, New York 21, N.Y., U.S.A. and postmarked November 4, 1963.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Apologizing for her previous letter (see MA 23840.48); commenting on (and dismissing) the negative reviews of "The Householder" from the New York Times, the New Yorker, and Newsweek; expressing concern that no-one is going to see the film, but attributing it to simple bad luck; encouraging them not to be disheartened; approving of their intention to make their next film in New York; discussing possible future projects; relating the latest incident in their family's unfortunate year, when her daughter Ava broke her arm on a trip to Jaipur.
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