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Letter from Ismail Merchant, Mumbai, India, to James Ivory, New York, New York, [1964] May 7 : typescript signed.

BIB_ID
448588
Accession number
MA 23840.137
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
Mumbai, India, [1964] May 7
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 26.7 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Year from postmark.
Date and last paragraph handwritten.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory, 143 East 62nd Street, New York 21, N.Y., U.S.A., postmarked May 7, 1964.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Announcing that they are planning a "photographic exhibition of 'The Householder,'" and discussing the various publicity materials being made and other issues with Columbia; reacting with annoyance to Ivory's news that he is going to visit his father in California; asking if Ivory can be in India in time for a screening of "The Delhi Way" and "Venice" on the 23rd; insisting that "The Householder" needs to be released in June; passing on news of Shashi and Jennifer, various other friends, reminding Ivory about the phonograph needle, and asking about Madhur; reminding Ivory that "Ruth's birthday is today, hope you have sent a cable."