BIB_ID
448334
Accession number
MA 23840.62
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
Mumbai, India, [1963 November 21]
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 27.5 x 21.5 + envelope
Notes
Date from postmark, confirmed by perpetual calendar ["Thursday"].
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mr. James Ivory, 143 E. 62nd Street, New York 21, N.Y. U.S.A., postmarked November 21, 1963.
Written on Ismail Merchant's personal letterhead.
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mr. James Ivory, 143 E. 62nd Street, New York 21, N.Y. U.S.A., postmarked November 21, 1963.
Written on Ismail Merchant's personal letterhead.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Telling Ivory how happy he was to get to get his letter, as he has been depressed since arriving in Bombay; describing work done on the apartment in Gool Villa; saying he borrowed some money from a friend of Shashi Kapoor's and bought a car; asking about release from Shashi & money matters, Kino and Kariwala's releases, and other issues with columbia and M.G.M. pertaining to the distribution of "The Householder" in India; saying he will be leaving for Delhi on Sunday.
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