BIB_ID
448947
Accession number
MA 23840.254
Creator
Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992, sender.
Display Date
Kolkata, India, 1965 November 16
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2023.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 28.8 x 21.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mr. Ismail Merchant, 400 East 52nd Street, Apt. 12G, New York 22, New York, (U.S.A.), postmarked November 19, 1965.
Typed on Satyajit Ray's personal stationery.
Typed on Satyajit Ray's personal stationery.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Thanking Merchant for his letters, and "for opening negotiations with Columbia Records" for an album release of music from Ray's films; saying he feels the album must be two discs to do it justice; mentioning that he has seen a few reviews of "Shakespeare Wallah," Merchant Ivory's latest film, and they have been positive, so they should have no trouble finding a distributor; asking Merchant's advice on making the deal with Columbia; saying he has only four more days of shooting on his latest picture, "Nayak," and the actors-- Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore-- are doing well.
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